Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 22 October 1982, the first since 1965. Following a constitutional referendum the year before, the country...

Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 29 June 1993. They were the first multi-party parliamentary elections since 1965, and followed the approval...

The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the...

following elections occurred in the year 1982. 1982 Burundian legislative election 1982 Comorian legislative election 1982 Djiboutian parliamentary election 1982...

multi-party presidential election. His assassination three months later during a coup attempt provoked the 12-year Burundian Civil War. In 2000, the Arusha...

was subject to several social and political disruptions. Thousands of Burundian Hutu refugees who had fled previous political violence returned to the...

Progress (UPRONA) party, he was the sole candidate in the 1984 presidential election and was re-elected with 99.6% of the votes. During Bagaza's presidency...

was held. Speaking on the occasion, he described his re-election as "a victory of all Burundians". He vowed that if his enemies continued to pursue violence...

Colette Samoya Kirura (born 1952) is a Burundian former politician and diplomat. In 1982 she became one of the first group of women in the National Assembly...

make the period immediately following independence a tumultuous one for Burundian society. On 8 July 1966 Crown Prince Charles Ndizeye announced that he...

has suffered from political instability since before 2015, with many Burundians leaving the country. A new constitution was adopted after a referendum...

Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president...

between 18–19 October 1965, when a group of ethnic Hutu officers from the Burundian military and gendarmerie attempted to overthrow Burundi's government....

The 2001 Burundian coup d'état attempt was a bloodless military coup attempt by a group of junior Tutsi Army officers that took place in Burundi on 18...

that he was "dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza" following the 2015 Burundian unrest. However, the presidency tweeted that the "situation is under control"...

Force into Lesotho to quell unrest after the 1998 elections. In May 1998, parliamentary elections in Lesotho resulted in an overwhelming majority for...

July 1966 Burundian coup d'état Location of Burundi in Central Africa Date 8 July 1966 Location Bujumbura, Kingdom of Burundi Type Military coup Cause...

the 2009 Parliamentary election, owing to the opposition's assertion that the communists had fixed the election. In the lead-up to the election, there had...

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...

da Silva, a Brazilian forestry activist 2019 – Léonidas Nzigiyimpa, a Burundian forestry activist 2022 – Cécile Ndjebet, a Cameroonian activist In 2012...

ruled by the military, interspersed with short periods of democratic parliamentary rule. Two civil wars – the first from 1955 to 1972 and the second, 1983...

in the ethnic conflict between Tutsi and Hutu political groups in the Burundian Civil War, helping to initiate a settlement which brought increased stability...

Évariste Kimba as Prime Minister. 1965 Burundian coup d'état attempt: A group of ethnic Hutu officers from the Burundian military wounded the Prime Minister...

Declaration. After the 1995 elections, the United Nations asked Nyerere to step in as a mediator to help end the Burundian Civil War. In 1996 the Mwalimu...

majority of parliamentary seats and the Salafist's al-Nour Party winning another quarter of the seats. Subsequently, the presidential election was held in...

The 1976 Burundian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Burundi on 1 November 1976. An Army faction, led by Deputy Chief of Staff...

were never announced in two parliamentary constituencies due to violence, and another vacancy was produced by the election of Kenneth Marende as Speaker...

are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections. The term "de facto one-party state" is sometimes used to describe a dominant-party...

meantime, the 1997 parliamentary elections were won by a newly created pro-Army party supporting the president. In 1999, following the election of Abdelaziz...

finally forced to resign by the 2014 Burkinabé uprising.  Burundi – 1996 Burundian coup d'état  Cape Verde – The ruling African Party for the Independence...