Third African Union-United Nations Annual Conference
A joint communiqué issued at the end of the 3rd African Union-United Nations Annual Conference on 6 May 2019.
Albert Ndikumana, 29-year-old Burundian peacekeeper, was killed during an ambush on Aug. 23, 2018, in the village of Pavika, CAR. Photo: MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe
UN honours two fallen peacekeepers from Burundi
UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Friday, 24 May 2019.
The UN Security Council in session. UN Archives Photo/Loey Felipe
Ahead of 2020 elections, situation in Burundi shows encouraging signs but remains fragile
A UN Security Council meeting on the security and political situation in Burundi was held on Friday, as the country continues to grapple with a four-year-long crisis and is gearing up for new elections in 2020.
Repatriated Burundians from Tanzania in the transit center of Mabanda, Makamba province, Burundi. Archives Photos, OCHA/Christian Cricboom
‘Climate of fear everywhere’ in Burundi, warn rights experts
A “climate of fear” exists “everywhere” in Burundi ahead of elections in 2020, that’s from UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday, 4 September 2019 highlighting killings, arbitrary arrests and the torture of political…
UN ASG Bintou Keita in group photograph after meeting with Burundi 1st VP Gaston Sindimwo, 29 Aug 2019. Photo: UN/Burundi
ASG Keita Calls for Consolidation of Peace in Burundi
Remarking that four years on there hasn’t been any relapse into the kind of violence that erupted during the 2015 elections, UN Assistant Secretary General for Africa, Bintou Keita notes that this bodes well for the country…
Burundi Foreign minister Ezechiel Nibigira addressing UN General Assembly, Sepember 2019. Photo: UN
Stage set for successful 2020 Burundi elections, Foreign Minister tells General Assembly
With organizational and financial preparations for Burundi’s 2020 elections well underway, Ezechiel Nibigira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, told the UN General Assembly on Monday the Government is wary of, and will not…
ASG Bintou Keita (front row, left) and UN aides (second row) at the 2019 International Women Leaders' Conference in Bujumbura, 24 Oct 2019. UN/Napoleon Viban
ASG Bintou Keita urges mutual tolerance in build up to Burundi elections
UN Assistant Secretary General for Africa, Ms Bintou Keita has challenged the women of Burundi to take the lead in accepting diversity and dissent, arguing that this not only allows for inclusive dialogue, but also enables…
Special Envoy Michel Kafando at a briefing session of the Security Council. Photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe
Special Envoy Michel Kafando steps down
At a UN Security Council briefing on Burundi, the Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Burundi noted the absence of progress in the Inter-Burundi Dialogue, an initiative of the East African Community supported by the United…
Special Envoy Michel Kafando in last meeting with staff of OSESG-Burundi, 21 Nov 2019. Photo: UN/Napoleon Viban
OSESG Burundi bids Special Envoy Michel Kafando farewell
“Stay mobilised, engaged and continue in the same élan,” outgoing Special Envoy of the Secretary General, Michel Kafando exhorted staff of his office in Burundi at a farewell townhall meeting on 21 November 2019.
Children at the Jabe Orphanage in Bujumbura celebrate Christmas, 24 Dec 2019. Photo: UN/Napoleon Viban
OSESG-Burundi reaches out to the needy in Bujumbura
Joining Burundians to fête the end of 2019 and usher in the New Year, staff of the Office of the Special Envoy (OSESG-B) visited and shared the joy and warmth of Christmas with kids of the Jabe Orphanage in Bujumbura on…
Partial view of staff at OSESG-Burundi retreat. 23 January 2020. UN/Napoleon Viban
OSESG-Burundi charts course for 2020
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Burundi (OSESG-B) held a retreat in Bujumbura, January 23, with the SDGs at the heart of discussions on a Work Plan for fiscal year 2020.
Diplomats and UN agency Heads in debriefing session with ASG Bintou Keita during the visit, 6 Feb 2020. UN/Napoleon Viban
PBC Chair Lauber, ASG Bintou visit Burundi
Chair of the Burundi Configuration at the UN Peacebuilding Commission and Assistant Secretary General for Africa wrapped up a weeklong stay in Bujumbura on 7 February 2020.