17 July 2025 – BURUNDI

At the 20th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Nairobi, Burundi joined the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in formally backing efforts to secure the criminalisation ecocide. In a national statement, H.E. Mr. Prosper DODIKO, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, and Acting President of COMIFAC, described ecocide as 'a major threat requiring urgent legal attention'. Watch the statement here.