Latest updates on country situation
23 July 2024
By 13 July 2024, El Niño-induced rains, floods, and landslides had affected nearly 240,000 people in 23 municipalities of Burundi, with more than 49,000 displaced. The floods have extensively damaged 22,000 houses and affected 740 classrooms, 32 health facilities, and 458 water points. Affected people urgently need food, water, sanitation, shelter, household items, and protection services. Those most in need are located around Lake Tanganyika, particularly in the west, north, and east of the country, where especially severe flooding in recent months has caused the lake to overflow. Food security is likely to worsen given the destruction of households’ harvests. These families will continue to need food assistance until the January 2025 harvest season. Countrywide, approximately 1.2 million people are food-insecure; the 120,000 in the Imbo and Congo Nile Ridge livelihood zones whom the floods and landslides have affected the most severely need emergency assistance. (OCHA 18/07/2024, UNHCR 12/07/2024)
30 March 2023
Heavy rainfall and flooding from 19–25 March 2023 affected more than 12,800 people and displaced nearly 30 in Mukaza and Kayanza communes. The majority of the people affected were in Kayanza commune.
127 homes were either partially flooded or damaged, while three classrooms were destroyed. Some farmland was also inundated. The affected population needs food, shelter, WASH, and NFIs.
(IOM 30/03/2023)
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28 April 2020
Burundi: Floods
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Heavy rains, winds, landslides and consequent flooding occurred in the west of Burundi from April 13-20 in Cibitoke, Bubanza, Rumonge, Bujumbura Mairie, and Bujumbura Rural provinces, following on from heavy rains in mid-March; no deaths were reported. In Rumonge and Bubanza provinces, between 700-800 people were affected by the storms and landslides, with up to 700 of those displaced. In Bujumbura city in Bujumbura Mairie, riverine flooding displaced 27,000 people.
02 February 2018
Burundi: Displacement from DRC
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Escalation of fighting between the armed forces of the DRC and armed groups in South Kivu province, DRC, have caused large population movements in January both internally and across Lake Tanganyika to Burundi. About 7,000 people arrived in Burundi between 24 and 29 January and new arrivals have been reported daily since then.
18 March 2016
Burundi: Electoral Violence
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Socio-political tensions are rising in Burundi with the approach of parliamentary and presidential elections in May and June, and the constitutional court’s approval of President Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term. Mass protests since 26 April have turned violent. More than 39,000 have fled to neighbouring countries. Inter-ethnic tensions, a rift between the military and the police, and an existing challenging humanitarian situation are all potential aggravating factors.
18 March 2016
Tanzania: Displacement from Burundi
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Political tensions in Burundi escalated after the President announced his intention to run for a third term in April. Violent protests in the capital have killed 20 and injured 200. On 13 May, leaders of the army attempted a coup, which failed after two days of violent clashes. The situation remains tense and people are fleeing the country.