Who’s Who in the Burundi Conflict
Yesterday, April 21, 2016, a Burundi military officer, Col. Emmanuel Buzubona, was suspected to have been targeted by rebel forces...
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People of Burundi Flee in Mass as Rebel Groups Align
The different rebel groups around Burundi have formed one cohesive unit known as the Republican Forces of Burundi. The group’s...
AMISOM and U.S. Forces Kill Several High-Level Commanders in Al Shabaab
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) reported it had killed several top commanders of...
Al Shabaab Continues Assault on AU Forces
Early Friday morning, January 15, 2015, the New York Times reported that Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliated group, forces...
Afghan war, Colombian rebels, Iran in Syrian peace talks, Burundi violence…
Britain to keep 450 soldiers in Afghanistan through 2016; Taliban seizes Darqand The Taliban has seized control of Darqand, Afghanistan’s...
Terror Continues in Israel, Islamic State Executes 3, Rwanda Court Allows 3rd Term in Rwanda…
Terror stabbings targeting Israelis continue Five more Israelis have been stabbed following a Palestinian terror attack that occurred Thursday. The assailant,...
Russia-Iran-Syria form Coordination Center, Cartels Seek Asian Expansion, Uganda Warns of Alshabaab threat…
Russians, Syrians, and Iranians setting up military coordination cell in Baghdad Russian, Syrian, and Iranian military commanders have set up...
Migrant crisis, Burundi attack, North Korea, Iran deal lobby…
Migrant crisis undermines Long Time EU Border Agreement Germany’s decision to reimpose border controls, has created a domino effect with...
Notorious warlord trial begins in The Hague
As the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed ‘The Terminator’ for his brutality, gets underway in The Hague, it...
US Forces reorganize for IS fight, Iranian leaders denounce Nuke Deal, and Al Shabaab overruns army base…
US Forces reorganize in face of Islamic State resiliency In a rare public show of cooperation, the CIA and Joint...
Burundian President Nkurunziza Wins Third Term Amidst Months of Unrest
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza recently won a third term in office after receiving 69.41 percent of the vote on Tuesday....
Why the U.S. Can’t Promote Democracy in Burundi
On Tuesday, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy...
Al Shabaab Attacks AMISOM Base in Leego, Somalia
On June 26, a suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)...
Grenade Attacks in Burundi in Lead-up to Election
Over the weekend, numerous grenade attacks in Burundi killed four and wounded approximately 30. The government and the opposition have...
Burundi Elections Postponed
Last month on the Free Fire blog we spoke about the upcoming elections in Burundi and the growing international calls...
Burundi’s Reign of Terror and the Upcoming Presidential Election
As Burundi’s June 26th presidential election approaches, in-country opposition forces against incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza, the African Union (AU), and prominent...