Burundi is in Africa.
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 . The source of the River Nile is in Bururi province , and is linked from Lake Victoria to its headwaters via the Ruvyironza River Another major lake is Lake Tanganyika , located in much of Burundi 's southwestern corner . Lake Victoria ( Nam Lolwe in Luo ; Nalubaale in Luganda ; Nyanza in Kinyarwanda and some Bantu languages ) is one of the African Great Lakes . The Rurubu River ( also spelt Ruvubu and Ruvuvu ) is a river in central Africa whose waters gather from the most distant portion of the Nile basin .