Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.

The mob dragged the group from their homes on Monday after unfounded rumours circulated around the cause of recent deaths ...

The official and witnesses said the incident happened after accusations made by members of the ruling party's powerful youth ...

Burundi experienced decades of ethnic violence and civil war up to 2005. Under a peace agreement signed in 2000, seats in the parliament are split 60-40 between the two ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi.

Since the beginning of April, RSF has recorded at least four serious cases of press freedom violations in Burundi that clearly involve security forces or alleged members of ‘Imbonerakure, the youth ...

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There have been hundreds of arrests of Rwandans and Congolese Banyamulenge in the Burundian capital Bujumbura and its suburbs on Sunday, February 16, according to reports.

Several local and international human rights organisations remain banned in Burundi, and activists and opposition party members still face harassment from the security forces and CNDD-FDD-aligned ...

In a report released on Wednesday, the Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) detailed how hundreds of military and Imbonerakure – members of the ruling party’s youth league – were sent ...