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06-01-2018 ■ “The National Observatory for the Prevention and Eradication of Genocide, War Crimes and Other Human Rights Crimes (ONPGH) condemns the statement made by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry stating that Tutsi ethnic minority is no longer protected in the new Constitution,” said Jean de Dieu Mutabazi, Chairman of ONPGH, (...)

05-31-2018 ■ Charles Ndagijinama, President of the Constitutional Court has declared the 17 May Constitutional referendum was held in accordance with the law. “The 17 May Constitution is approved at 73.24%,” he says. Out of 96.19 % of voters, 73.24% voted for the constitutional amendment while 19.37% voted against it. Null (...)

05-31-2018 ■ World Food Program has distributed on 30 May 23.7 tons of maize seeds, 7.9 tons of beans, 1.6 tons of cottonseed oil and 0.3 tons of salt to 438 families affected by the floods which hit Buterere neighborhood in late April 2018. Each family received 54 kg of maize (...)

05-31-2018 ■ The May 30th deadline that was given to traders who were operating in four newly rehabilitated markets to go back to their places was not respected. Apollinaire Ngendanzi, Representative of traders at Jabe market encourages his fellow traders. “We lost a lot since we were obliged to quit the (...)

05-31-2018 ■ The free union of REGIDESO employees requests an urgent suspension of the tender for 1,500 cash power meters for large consumers. The union says it recognizes that the company in charge of supplying water and electricity-REGIDESO has a need to increase cash power meters for large consumers but says (...)

05-30-2018 ■ While the World No Tobacco Day is celebrated each May 31, Health professionals in Burundi say they are worried about the increase in number of smokers in Burundi especially young people. They however say they salute the initiative taken by the government to considerably reduce the number of smokers. (...)

05-30-2018 ■ Jean Baptiste Baribonekeza, Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights dismisses the attitude of the civil society organizations that present their reports on human rights in Burundi directly to the UN Human Rights Council without respecting methodological approaches. “Civil society and Non-Governmental Organizations are reluctant to collaborate with (...)

05-29-2018 ■ The East African Court of Justice announced that it would have to reexamine a case about President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term this May 24, 2018. Nestor Kayobera, lawyer of Burundi government, says the latter is ready to go to court and is optimistic that it will win the case (...)

05-29-2018 ■ Following the 17 May Constitutional referendum, CNARED executive board members met from 25th to 27th May to discuss the strategies for restoring the Arusha Agreement and of the 2005 Constitution. Pancrace Cimpaye, Spokesperson for CNARED says the platform has changed its appellation and extended the term in office. “Instead (...)

05-29-2018 ■ The National Commission for Lands and other Properties (CNTB) has handed over a three-ha-property located in Kinyinya III, Rukaramu zone of Mutimbuzi Commune in Bujumbura province, to the descendants of Gahinga Issa represented by Bambarukontari Alexis this May 28, 2018. Samuel Nduwingoma, former owner, was absent. Dieudonné Mbonimpa, Spokesman (...)