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President Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday signed legislation enabling Burundi to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Check Also: Bashir Mocks ICC, He Travels To Rwanda Despite ICC Arrest Warrant A copy of the law seen by journalists and dated October 18 allows “the Republic of Burundi’s withdrawal from the Rome statute”, the ICC’s founding treaty. The next step will be ...

Members of Burundi National assembly have voted to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday. This comes after the United Nations began an inquiry into the human rights abuses in the East African nation that is currently marred by political violence reports AFP. Check also:  How Rwanda And Burundi Became East Africa’s Bad Neighbors 94 lawmakers voted ...

For much of the 20th century, Burundi and Rwanda could not have been closer. [3]The two tiny Great Lakes countries were administered as the single kingdom of Ruanda-Urundi as part of the Belgian colonial empire in Africa, only emerging as independent nations in the early 1960s. Since then, there have been tragic similarities in the two countries’ paths.[9] Check also:  ...

The president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza has been announced on Friday 24th July that he has won a third term in a controversial election avoided by the opposition figures following the recent street violence and claims of electoral fraud. Check also: 3 people have been killed in Burundi violence Nkurunziza was announced the winner with 69.41% of the vote and ...

Being a president for the consecutive third term is what President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi is looking for in these elections, the question is “will he make it?” Check also: Pierre Nkurunziza’s General has been killed There are 3.8 million registered voters within the country and polls opened at 08:00 GMT and will close at 18:00 GMT. There are eight ...