The BurundiNational Defence Force is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
Air Burundi was the state-owned national airline of Burundi, although in practice it has not been operational since 2009.
Pierre Ngendandumwe was a Burundian politician. He was a member of the Union for National Progress and was an ethnic Hutu. On 18 June 1963, about a year after Burundi gained independence and amidst efforts to bring about political cooperation between Hutus and the dominant minority Tutsis, Ngendandumwe became Burundi's first Hutu prime minister. He served as prime minister until 6 April 1964 and then became prime minister again on 7 January 1965, serving until his death. Eight days after beginning his second term, he was assassinated by a Rwandan Tutsi refugee.
The University of Burundi is a public university located in Bujumbura, Burundi. Founded in 1964, it comprises eight faculties and five institutes and has a student enrollment of approximately 13,000. It is based in three campuses in Bujumbura and a fourth in Gitega. It took its current name in 1977 and is Burundi's only publicly funded university.
Prostitution in Burundi is illegal but is commonplace and on the rise. Prostitution is prevalent in all areas of the country, and especially in the largest city, Bujumbura, and prior to the security crisis in 2015, the tourist areas around Lake Tanganyika. UNAIDS estimate there are 51,000 prostitutes in Burundi. Many women have turned to prostitution due to poverty.
Académie Tchité Football Club or simply Académie Tchité was a football (soccer) club from Burundi based in Bujumbura. The club played seven seasons in Ligue A, the first level of Burundian football. Their home venue was 10,000 capacity Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore.
Bizimana Aboubakar Karume, connue sous le nom de sat b est l,un des meilleurs artistes burundais commence sa carrière musicale solo en 2009 il est connu dans la chanson(inkuru y,ukuri)qui l,est rendu connu étant un garçon courage et bienveillant sat b n,a pas renoncer sur sa rêve malgré des nombreuses critiques en 2013 le team satura vu le jour comme big fizzo aujourd'hui sat b est considéré comme l,un des légendes de la musique burundaise
Hassan Ibrahim, better known by his stage name, Happy Famba, is a Burundian recording artist, singer, songwriter and performer.
On 25 April 2015, the ruling political party in Burundi, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), announced that the incumbent President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, would run for a third term in the 2015 presidential election. The announcement sparked protests by those opposed to Nkurunziza seeking a third term in office.
On 13 May 2015, army general Godefroid Niyombare said that he was "dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza" following the 2015 Burundian unrest. However, the presidency tweeted that the "situation is under control" and there is "no coup".
Emmanuel Niyonkuru was a Burundian politician.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bujumbura, Burundi.
Irakoze Erica, professionally known as Miss Erica, was a Burundian Singer-songwriter.
Best Entertainment Television (BETV) is a local private television channel in Bujumbura, the largest city and former capital city of Burundi.
Dynamo Basketball Club, also known simply as Dynamo, is a basketball club based in Bujumbura, Burundi. Established in 1968, the team competes in both the Viva Basketball League and the Bujumbura Amateurs Basketball Club Association (ACBAB).
Jeanne Gapiya-Niyonzima is a human rights activist from Burundi. She is the chair and founder of the National Association for Support for HIV-Positive People with AIDS (ANSS) and was the first person from the country to publicly admit they had HIV.
Joe Guibert Nijimbere is a Burundian basketball player for Kepler and the Burundi national basketball team.
Eulalie Nibizi is a Burundian trade unionist and human rights activist. In 1991, she contributed to the establishment of Burundi's first trade union, Union des travailleurs du Burundi, and went on to found the teachers' union Syndicat des Travailleurs de l’Enseignement du Burundi. In 2015, while in Denmark, she learnt the Burundian authorities were treating her as an insurgent. Deciding it was better not to return to her home country, she has lived in exile ever since. Nibizi has since reported to the United Nations on human rights violations in Burundi. As coordinator of the human rights organization Coalition Burundaise des Défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme, she continues to fight for progress on human rights for all Burundians.
Jean Joseph Parfait Niyonkuru, better known as Jeanjos Parfait, is a Burundian gospel artist, singer, songwriter and arranger. In 2019, he was named as the most creative and dynamic artist in Burundi in the Top10 of BeTV.
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.
