People with black tape covering their mouths take part in a rally to mark World Press Freedom Day in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 6, 2019. A little boy sits next to a poster of President Donald Trump on the wall of the White House in New York City, U.S., July 7, 2018.

On 28 February, the Burundian Government forced them to pack up and leave Burundi, and they left a country that the UN says has the highest prevalence of chronic malnutrition in the world, with 56% of children stunted. According to the World Health Organization, 94 people in Bur Rwanda tested positive for coronavirus, although the tests were very limited. According to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), only one death has been recorded in the country. However, in the first three months of this year, it reported only one confirmed case of the disease at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Burundi has the lowest GDP of any nation in the world and is one of Africa's least developed countries, according to the World Health Organization. In 2019, it was ranked 165th out of 198 countries and is the second worst developed country in South Africa. The country is divided into three regions, some of which border Bubanza, Bujumbura, Bururi, Cankuzo and Cibitokeas.

The bicameral parliament is made up of 60% Hutu and at least 30% women, with additional seats to be appointed by the National Independent Electoral Commission to ensure ethnic representation. All nationalities require a visa to visit Burundi, as do citizens of other countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

There you can admire Burundi's protected buffalo, dorcas and gazelles, and there you have free admission to the national park and the Ruvuvu River Nature Park in the north - east of the country. With accommodation and infrastructure of the Nature Park and the RuVuvU rivers, a visit to the Nature Park along the RuvUVu Rivers are a must. For long distances, the locals prefer to take the many full-fledged Hiace vans that regularly travel to and from Burunti. From Manyovu, minibuses will take you to Bujumbura, while boda - bodas will take you to the Burundian border post and on to Nairobi.

Burundi's push for independence was exacerbated by Hutu-Tutsi tribal violence that escalated into genocide in the late 1960s and early 1970s during the civil war between Burundi and what became controlled Belgium. The country was plunged into civil war, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing hundreds of thousands when the FRODEBU government regained control in January 1994 and elected a moderate Hutu (Cyprien Ntaryamira) as president. For decades, Burunti has been known as the site of one of the worst human rights violations in the world, the better known genocide. Nkurunziza was a PE teacher and became the leader of an ethnic Hutu rebellion against the Totsi - the army dominated by his father, President Pierre Mugabe.

Survivors warn that, as rumors of opposition militias being formed in neighboring countries grow, the government is resorting to toxic ethnic propaganda to fuel its anti-ethnic rhetoric, fearing it will lose influence. A UN report in December 2018 found that Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are training and arming Rwandan rebels, further straining already strained relations between Rwanda and Burunti. Of particular concern are the escalating tensions between the two countries and neighbouring Rwanda, a country with a history of ethnic conflict. As it prepares for the 2020 elections, it is trying to find a peaceful solution to the political crisis through the Inter-Burndian Dialogue, led by the region and supported by the United Nations.

The government is doing everything it can to keep the world in the dark about the situation in Burundi, but serious questions remain about its commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Although Nkurunziza has suppressed external reporting on Burunti since his election in July 2015, the crisis shows no signs of abating. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) published the report in December 2018 amid fears that he could be expelled by the Burndi government.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) or any other human rights organisation is not currently recommending a visit to Burundi.

It is impossible to draw up a list of places worth visiting unless Burundi is a veritable Garden of Eden with irresistible attractions. Rusizi Nature Park is perhaps the first nature trek in Burunti, and it is located in the capital Bujumbura.

Archaeological evidence shows that the region of Burundi was colonized by pygmoid hunters - Twa (pygmoid) tribes in the 70,000 BC. Pygmoids, hunters and gatherers of the TwA, settled in the region of Burunti around 70,000 BC, and Gitega is the oldest village in Bujumbura and the first settlement of a Bantu - speaking people. About 5000 years ago, the Nilo - Hamitic - speaking people of the Gitesga, a subtribe from the region, immigrated and provided the Burungi with their first language. By the late fifteenth century they had settled the regions and thereafter the majority of their population.