Premise: The Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift , covering parts of Uganda , the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) , Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania . 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 . One of the smallest countries in Africa , Burundi has an equatorial climate . East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent , variably defined by geography or geopolitics . Sub-Saharan Africa is , geographically , the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara .
Hypothesis: Burundi is part of Africa.
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