Security forces in Burundi have killed at least 14 armed men who had intended to launch an attack in the northwestern province of Bubanza, police and residents said. The men, from the neighbouring ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has freed 14 of the 17 Chinese men arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in the ...

Burundi's authorities have dismissed a BBC investigation into alleged secret torture sites as "fake news". The BBC Africa Eye report said the government was running secret detention houses to ...

Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country "should be stoned". Responding to a reporter's question, Mr Ndayishimiye, a fervent Catholic, said powerful ...