Burundi has ratified a global ban on nuclear test explosions and has become the 145th nation to fully endorse the accord.

A joint statement by the Burundi government and the country’s last remaining rebel group says the two sides have signed a “cessation of hostilities.”The statement says Monday’s pact has been signed by Evariste Ndayishiniye for the government and...

Suspected rebels attacked the Burundian capital, killing four soldiers and six civilians, a government spokesman said Friday.Rebels from the National Liberation Force are suspected in the attack Thursday night in Bujumbura _ the most serious rebel...

Explosions and gunfire erupted in the capital of the East African nation of Burundi late Thursday, witnesses reported from Bujumbura. It was not immediately clear who was responsible or whether there were any casualties.Burundi Vice President Yves...

Her first son was born 10 years ago on a Bujumbura street while fighting raged. She named him Nzikobanyanka, or “I know they hate us.”Two successive sons were also christened with names reflecting weariness with Burundi’s long war: Tugiramahoro...

Somalia’s transitional government urged the Security Council on Friday to speed up its planning for the possible deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace African Union troops in the war-wracked nation.Somalia’s U.N. Ambassador Elmi Ahmed...

Part II of the text of President Bush at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art on Thursday, as provided by the White House.___But in the long run, the best way to lift lives in Africa is to tear down barriers to investment and trade around the...

The situation for children caught in conflict remains “grave and entirely unacceptable” because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official.Undersecretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy told the...

Kenya’s president is ready to form “a government of national unity” to help resolve disputed elections that caused deadly riots, a government statement said Saturday without explaining what a power-sharing arrangement might involve.President Mwai...

Gunmen opened fire on two French aid workers in eastern Burundi, killing one and wounding the other, police and aid officials said Tuesday.The humanitarian workers were employed by French charity, Action Against Hunger, said Francois Danel, director of...