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Burundi ravaged by flooding from rainfall, swollen Lake Tanganyika

People walk through Buterere, northwest of Bujumbura

People walk through Buterere, northwest of Bujumbura, in March 2017, after torrential rains destroyed more than 100 houses, resulted in six deaths, flooding and triggered landslides. PHOTO | AFP

By  KENNEDY SENELWA

Parts of Burundi are ruing floods that have destroyed property and displaced people in the past two years.

The floods, due to rising water levels on Lake Tanganyika and heavy rainfall, engulfed farmland, roads, markets, school playgrounds and churches.

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