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Burundi

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    4

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.3

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    100%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    4

  • Population

    14.4 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    625 000

  • Refugees who fled

    383 190

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Burundi, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 100%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
0.6 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
4%
2026-08
Undernourishment
—
2023
Refugees who fled
383,190
2025
Refugees hosted
112,266
2025
Internally displaced
6,815
2025
Sanctions designations
5
2026-09-28
GDP per person
$234
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence4

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-25Gaterama hillGovernment of Burundi — Civilians11SOS Torture Burundi
2026-08-18Busonga HillGovernment of Burundi — Civilians11Ligue Iteka
2026-08-09 – 2026-08-11Nyakibere hill, Kinyinya areUnidentified armed group (Burundi) — Civilians11Ligue Iteka
2026-08-08Kanyaru River valley, on Gatare Hill, in the Birambi area of ​​Kiremba communeGovernment of Burundi — Civilians11Radio Publique Africaine

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days2

  • Government of Burundi - Civilians3
  • Unidentified armed group (Burundi) - Civilians1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Burundi: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS