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10-25-2018 ■ After the launch of the 5th dialogue session was postponed to 25 October, the facilitator in the Inter-Burundian dialogue consulted with participants in the morning of 24 October at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. Ambassador David Kapya, Senior Advisor at the office of the facilitator in the Inter-Burundian (...)

10-25-2018 ■ Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of Burundi media regulator (CNC), presented on 24 October the quarterly achievements of medias authorized to operate in Burundi. He suggested that media officials should master the newly adopted press law, popularize it among journalists and closely supervise journalists and communication technicians in order to work (...)

10-24-2018 ■ Previously scheduled in the afternoon of 24 October at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania, the 5th round of the Inter-Burundian dialogue has been postponed to 25 October. The office of the facilitation in Burundi talks didn’t give any explanation. According to some sources in Arusha, the facilitator would (...)

10-24-2018 ■ Parents of students at Karurama I Basic School in Rugombo Commune of Cibitoke north-western province of Burundi denounce the large number of students in one class. At 9 a.m., pupils of grade 1 at Karurama Fundamental School are studying. The teacher struggles to teach the lesson prepared for the (...)

10-24-2018 ■ Prosper Ntahorwamiye, Spokesperson for government says Bujumbura will not attend the 5th round of the dialogue session scheduled from 24 to 29 October in Arusha, Tanzania. The October month is a mourning period for Burundians,” says Ntahorwamiye. He says Burundi government has informed the facilitation in the Inter-Burundian dialogue: (...)

10-23-2018 ■ The medical personnel on the Burundi-DRC border denounce the lack of equipment to detect and fight against Ebola. At a beautiful sunset, a boat arrives from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Mparambo border, in north-west of Burundi, via the Rusizi River. A dozen of passengers get off with (...)

10-22-2018 ■ In a statement issued on the eve of the 56th commemoration of the assassination of the independence hero, Bujumbura government openly accuses Belgium of having plotted his assassination. The statement risks exacerbating the already existing tensions. Burundi government openly accuses Belgium of having a great responsibility in the assassination (...)

10-20-2018 ■ Members of the government that was led by Melchior Ndadaye plead for a special honor for this democracy hero. They have said that in a public conference held this October 19, 2018 in remembrance of 25 years after his assassination. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, former member of the cabinet at that (...)

10-20-2018 ■ Sahwanya FRODEBU party has decided to leave the opposition platform in exile CNARED from this 18 October, in order to work independently. It says it will keep following the ideology of Melchior Ndadaye, the democracy hero. Pierre Claver Nahimana, chairman of Sahwanya FRODEBU party says their withdrawal from the (...)

10-19-2018 ■ The world celebrates every October 18 the Conflict Resolution Day. This year, the day comes when Burundians are preparing themselves to participate in the 5th round of inter-Burundi dialogue initiated by the East African Community to try to resolve the political crisis erupted in April 2015 when President Pierre (...)