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10-24-2016 ■ Gildas Yihundimpundu, a BBC correspondent in Burundi arrested on Sunday morning 23 October with an American journalist Julia Steers has just been released. Prime Ndikumagenge, BBC representative in Burundi confirms the information. They were arrested and their equipment was seized, on 23 October around 8 am, while they were (...)

10-24-2016 ■ Accused of deviating from the goals set in their statutes, five local non-governmental organizations have been completely banned from working in Burundi by the Interior Minister. The organizations are namely the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (FORSC), the Forum for Awareness and Development (FOCODE), Christian Action for (...)

10-24-2016 ■ A statement by Chad Head of State, Idriss Deby, supporting the current term of President Pierre Nkurunziza creates controversy. Between “electoral appetites” of African leaders and the AU malfunctioning. “The constitution says the president must be elected for two terms by universal suffrage. The first term of President Pierre (...)

10-22-2016 ■ The Association of Widows and Orphans who lost theirs during different crises that have hit Burundi (AVOD) urges all the victims “to come out and boldly tell the truth about what they witnessed”. AVOD makes that call as the nation commemorates the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of President (...)

10-21-2016 ■ On October 10, AU decided to delay the placement of Burundian contingents deployed in the African Union peacekeeping Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] expected in November 2016. The spokesman of the Burundian army colonel Gaspard Baratuza denies this information. “Contrary to what is said, AU has not suspended the rotation (...)

10-20-2016 ■ The Food and Agriculture Organisation leads Burundian farmers into adopting farming techniques that help them to cope with climate change. “Climate has significantly changed over the past years and this negatively affects farming”, says Vénérand Nyandwi, 62, a farmer and father of 10. “Normally we sow our fields of (...)

10-20-2016 ■ Since 5 July 2016, the Ministry of Public Security has launched a campaign for changing the traditional driving license into a biometric one. “20,000 persons using the new biometric driving license have already registered out of 290, 000 people registered for the old driving license since 1937,” says Alfred (...)

10-20-2016 ■ Burundian Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (ISTEEBU) in collaboration with UNFPA has organized a workshop this October 19 to publish the results of a survey jointly conducted on the demographic situation in Burundi. The workshop aimed to analyze the benefits that the country could get from a demographic (...)

10-19-2016 ■ This 19 October, the Burundi National Assembly has overwhelmingly voted for an MP that will replace Hafsa Mossi, the late EALA MP -killed in July 2016. Jean Marie Muhirwa, 36, from a Hutu ethnic group, senator and former administrator of Bwambarangwe Commune of Kirundo northern province has been voted (...)

10-19-2016 ■ On 18 October, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has promulgated the law on the withdrawal of Burundi from the International Criminal Court.Following the decision, the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, expressed concern about this development. (...)