Burundi is in Asia.
Burundi . Despite common misconceptions , Burundi and Rwanda had never been under common rule until the time of European colonisation . The Nile ( النيل , Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl , Standard Arabic an-Nīl ; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ , P ( h ) iaro ; Ancient Egyptian : Ḥ ` pī and Iteru ; Biblical Hebrew : יאור , Ye'or ) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa . Rwanda ( [ ɹuːˈɑːndə ] or [ ɹuːˈændə ] ; U Rwanda [ u.ɾɡwanda ] ) , officially the Republic of Rwanda ( Repubulika y' u Rwanda République du Rwanda ) , is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland .