Burundi is in South America.
Burundi ( [ bəˈrʊndi ] or [ bəˈrʌndi ] ) , officially the Republic of Burundi ( Republika y' Uburundi , [ buˈɾundi ] République du Burundi , [ buʁundi ] or [ byʁyndi ] ) , is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa , bordered by Rwanda to the north , Tanzania to the east and south , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west . On 13 March 1992 , Tutsi coup leader Pierre Buyoya established a constitution , which provided for a multi-party political process and reflected multi-party competition . The East African Rift ( EAR ) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa . 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 . The Tutsi ( [ ˈtʊtsi ] [ tūtsī ] ) , or Abatutsi , are a social class inhabiting the African Great Lakes region .