According to the East-Central Africa Division (ECD), on October 24, Burundi Union President, Lamec Barishinga was arrested on his way to the ECD year-end meetings in Nairobi, Kenya. 

The following open letter from Ted N. C. Wilson, president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, originally appeared on the Adventist News Network on September 27, 2019...

On August 9, 2019, an open letter from General Conference President Ted Wilson was published to the Adventist News Network and East-Central Africa Division website to the church members in Burundi...

In a brief statement released on May 17, 2019, General Conference President Ted Wilson announced that the Adventists who had been detained in Burundi have now been released.