Burundi is part of 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 . East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent , variably defined by geography or geopolitics . The East African Rift ( EAR ) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa .