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In recent months, the clade Ib strain of mpox has spread across Central Africa with over 14,250 cases recorded this year by the African Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (Africa CDC). On August 14, the Africa CD...

Following the sudden death of President Nkurunziza on June 8, the Government of Burundi stood on the verge of a power vacuum. The country’s history of political violence during contested elections has concerned observers...

On September 27, the Government of Burundi’s National Security Council announced that effective October 1, it would temporarily suspend the work of the majority of international NGOs in the country for up to three months...

Burundi will hold a referendum on May 17 to consider constitutional amendments proposed by the Government of Burundi. During the two weeks allotted for campaigns, there has been open, spirited electioneering throughout...

The current political conflict in Burundi began after the country’s president announced in April 2015 that he would be seeking a third term in office, in direct violation of the national constitution. Opponents took to t...

Burundi’s Presidential elections in July concluded relatively peacefully with victory by incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza, a predictable outcome given the low turnout and election boycott by the opposition. Since th...

Sporadic gunfire and explosions were reported in various part of Bujumbura one day after army Major General Godefroid Niyombare announced on private radio the ouster of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was in Tanzania fo...

On February 21, the Somalia-based Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab released a documentary-style video through its Twitter account titled The Westgate Siege: Retributive Justice. In it, the group glorified its September...

Burundi will organize five polls, including presidential, parliamentary, and municipal elections, between May and September. Low-level political violence is an omnipresent carryover of the Burundian civil war (1993-2005)...

Introduction <BR><BR>September’s terror attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, propelled the Somalia-based Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab into the international spotlight. Westgate is the deadliest t...

Introduction Al-Shabaab remains the principal terrorist threat to peace and security in Somalia and East Africa as a whole. In August, al-Shabaab allegedly abandoned its key tactical positions in Mogadishu. Poorly traine...

On September 18, 2011 at approximately 8:00 p.m., several men clad in military fatigues and armed with military-grade weapons opened fire on patrons of a bar called, “Chez des Amis” in the town of Gatumba in Bujumbura-Ru...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the continued threat of political violence in Bujumbura following a suspected FNL attack, s...

This Emergency Message is to alert all U.S. citizens living in or visiting Burundi to an outbreak of Cholera in the country. The outbreak originated in Cibitoke province and has now spread to Bujumbura Mairie, including...

A local office of an American aid organization operating in rural Burundi was attacked by a disgruntled ex-employee armed with grenades on December 13. Ensuing explosions caused major damage to the facilities, and injur...

At approximately 2030 hours on June 7, an American couple was the victim of an armed robbery at their residence.

RSO received a report from an AMCIT warden regarding a grenade explosion on January 4, 2006.

Two recent incidents involving grenades in Bujumbura are indicative of the relative ease and affordability of grenades and small arms in the country.

On December 4, an employee of U.S. Embassy Bujumbura and his acquaintance were attacked in an area of questionable security.