African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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After two years in power, President Évariste Ndayishimiye reshuffled the government, sacking powerful prime minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, along with several ministers and other state officials. In the global arena, Ndayishimiye intensified his engagement with regional and international bilateral partners and multinational bodies, leading to a further improvement of Burundi’s foreign relations and global standing, after several years of isolation following the 2015 political crisis. Diplomatically and economically, the country profited from the lifting of the EU’s economic sanctions and its resumption of direct financial assistance to the government. Despite these benefits, and grants from other bilateral partners and multilateral organisations, Burundi faced major economic difficulties. Spillover effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, combined with domestic factors, led to high inflation, severe fuel shortages, and steeply rising food prices, putting further strain on Burundi’s chronically poor population. The human rights situation remained worrisome and civil space limited, though small improvements could be observed.