It began in April of nineteen ninety-four after a plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, both Hutus,was shot down.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Uganda's main opposition leader this week asked why Uganda and Burundi are providing troops while other African leaders ignore the problem.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Al-Shabab has also made new threats to target Burundi's capital, Bujumbura.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

More than 1,200 military personnel from the United States, Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania, and Uganda are involved in the 10-day exercise that began Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Seven East African countries - Sudan,Kenya, Ethiopia,Uganda,Burundi,Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia - are represented at the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are currently playing a vital security role by defending the presidential palace, the main seaport and airport from al-Shabab attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Johnson also lent a hand to refugees, including people from Burundi in East Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Since Ethiopia's withdrawal in January, al-Shabab began cooperating with another Islamist group called Hisbul Islam to topple the U.N.-backed, but weak transitional federal government, and to force more than 5,000 AU peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi to abandon their mission.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

U.N.Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy says during the past year, a significant number of child soldiers were released by the National Liberation Forces in Burundi and more children are to be released in the Central African Republic and the Philippines as a result of active intervention by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Ugandan Minister of Defense, Crispus Kiyonga, said the African Union force, composed of 2,590 Ugandan troops and 1,600 from Burundi, has so far been able to defend the transitional government's state house, Mogadishu port and airport, but said reinforcements to al-Shabaab have created a difficult situation.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26