06-22-2018 ■ Ten years in jail and a BIF 50,000 fine and 5 years in jail and a BIF 25,000 fine are sentences that the Anti-Corruption Court has given to Arcade Misago and Onesphore Nkunzimana respectively this June 22. Arcade Misago, in charge of the Southern Region at the company in (...)

08-15-2017 ■ In a letter sent to Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza on 9 August, the chairman of the Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Embezzlement (OLUCOME) expressed his concerns about a credit equivalent to US% 32.6 million to be granted by the Chinese Bank ‘Exim Bank’. This appropriation will be (...)

10-20-2014 ■ Is the instrument adopted by the African Union to improve the quality of governance across the continent actually working? Yarik Turianskyi and Steven Gruzd look at what the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, civil society’s most important assessment of standards of governance, says. Does being an active member of (...)

08-25-2014 ■ Through its program against corruption, the Observatory against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement (OLUCOME), has initiated a project of clubs against corruption in some schools of Bujumbura City Council. The beneficiaries appreciate the initiative.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “We want our youths to be fully involved and educated against corruption and (...)

08-17-2014 ■ Motorcyclists in Bujumbura city demands the government to increase the working time and make regulations over policemen who consider motorbikes as a field to reap from.-By J.Berchmans Siboniyo It is on Friday 25th, at 6 pm and some minutes at ‘ Gare du nord’ in Kamenge Commune. The police (...)

07-22-2014 ■ People think that the new road code may promote corruption rather than preventing it. Burundi has recently changed its road code. People may wonder why the Road Security Police decided to revise this ancient code.-By Jean Berchmans Siboniyo “We revised the road code because there were some mistakes which (...)

02-12-2014 ■ Under the theme “The hope for Africa”, Dela Adadevoh, PhD from Orlando, Florida in USA, appreciates the advancement that has been achieved by Africa. However, he calls upon all Africans to wake up and build a new Africa.Dela Adadevoh, President of International Leadership Foundation (ILF), states that this century (...)