The BurundiNational Defence Force is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
The president of Burundi,officially the President of the Republic,is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Burundi. The president is also commander-in-chief of the National Defence Force. The office of the presidency was established when Michel Micombero declared Burundi a republic on 28 November 1966. The first constitution to specify the powers and duties of the president was the constitution of 1974 adopted in 1976. The constitution,written by Micombero,affirmed Micombero's position as the first president of Burundi. The powers of the president currently derive from the 2005 constitution implemented as a result of the 2000 Arusha Accords after the Burundian Civil War. The current president since 18 June 2020 is Évariste Ndayishimiye.
Pierre Buyoya was a Burundian army officer and politician who served two terms as President of Burundi in 1987 to 1993 and 1996 to 2003. He was the second-longest serving president in Burundian history.
The Burundi national football team,nicknamed The Swallows,represents Burundi in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Burundi. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. Burundi previously did come very close to qualifying for the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations,losing only on penalties to Guinea in a playoff. However,in 2019,it qualified for the first time,and took part in the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Group B,but lost all its matches and left from the group stage without scoring a single goal.
Pierre Nkurunziza was a Burundian politician who served as the ninth president of Burundi for almost 15 years from August 2005 until his death in June 2020.
The Rally for the People of Burundi is a political party in Burundi. It was headed by Ernest Kabushemeye,until his assassination in 1995,since when Balthazar Bigirimana has been party leader.
Burundi,officially the Republic of Burundi,is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north,Tanzania to the east and southeast,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west;Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are Gitega and Bujumbura,the latter being the country's largest city.
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War,former president Pierre Buyoya deposed Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. According to Amnesty International,in the weeks following the coup,more than 6,000 people were killed in the country. This was Buyoya's second successful coup,having overthrown Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1987.
Gaël Bigirimana is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans and the Burundi national team.
Albert Shibura is a Burundian retired politician and military officer.
Burundi–India relations are the international relations that exist between Burundi and India. Apart from bilateral relations,India also engages with Burundi through the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
The Ikiza,or the Ubwicanyi (Killings),was a series of mass killings—often characterised as a genocide—which were committed in Burundi in 1972 by the Tutsi-dominated army and government,primarily against educated and elite Hutus who lived in the country. Conservative estimates place the death toll of the event between 100,000 and 150,000 killed,while some estimates of the death toll go as high as 300,000.
Bigirimana is a Burundian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Anglican dioceses of Burundi are the Anglican presence in Burundi;together they form the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi. The Anglican churches of the area were under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury until 1965,when the Province of Uganda and Ruanda-Urundi was created;Burundi was then part of the Province of Rwanda,Burundi,and Boga-Zaire from 1980 until its own church province was erected in 1992.
Jean‐Marie Ngendahayo is a Burundian politician.
The Definitive Constitution of the Kingdom of Burundi,sometimes called the "independence constitution",was the constitution of the independent Kingdom of Burundi from its promulgation in 1962 until its suspension in 1966.
Charles Baranyanka was a Burundian diplomat and historian.
Léon Ndenzako was a Burundian diplomat. He served as the Burundian Ambassador to the United States from 1963 to 1966 and as the Secretary of State for Diplomatic Affairs from July to November 1966.
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