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10-30-2018 ■ The world celebrates the International Stroke Day on every October 29th to raise people’s awareness of a stroke and what can be done to combat it. Heart and vascular diseases specialists in Burundi call for intensive awareness. Constantin Nyamuzangura, cardiologist, says there are some symptoms that can be signs (...)

10-30-2018 ■ About 300 journalists have attended the 2018 conference on African investigative journalism. This 14th gathering of investigative journalists from across Africa and the world has 70 speakers in 62 different sessions and delegates from at least 36 countries. Immam Nma Shuaib, journalist of Daily Trust Newspaper based in Abuja, (...)

10-30-2018 ■ The 5th session of the Inter-Burundian Dialogue that brought together the internal and external Burundian opposition has been closed on 29 October at ” Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge ”-in Arusha. A common roadmap also called a “crisis resolution proposal” was submitted to William Mkapa, facilitator in the Inter-Burundian dialogue. Ambassador (...)

10-29-2018 ■ At the opening of the 5th session of the inter-Burundian dialogue boycotted by the government, the facilitator acknowledged having done everything to convince Bujumbura to participate in this round in vain. He asked the opposition in Ngurdoto to propose a roadmap. To show the solemnity of this last session (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The National Assembly adopted on October 25 a bill amending the law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The bill extends the mission of CVR over the period from Germany colonization in February 1885 to 4 December 2008. CVR mission was initially set between 1961 and 2008. Aloys Batungwanayo, (...)

10-26-2018 ■ Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Burundi government to make an immediate retraction of the inflammatory statement and offer a full apology to Mr. Doudou Diène and other commissioners as well as the UN Human Rights Council which created the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. Michelle (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The government has tried to take back street children into their families. What became of them after their return? Iwacu met these children who have failed to live in their families. Removing children from the street and sending them back home, a praiseworthy state project. G.N., aged 14, went (...)

10-26-2018 ■ A delegation from the National Communication Council -CNC has visited Iwacu Press Group this Thursday October 25. The main objective was to see how the press group works and the difficulties that it faces in the processing and dissemination of information. Gabriel Bihumugani, CNC legal adviser, says other members (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The National Assembly passed yesterday the bill amending the law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after a heated debate about the delimitation of the period to be covered by that commission. The passed bill notably provides for the extension of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR missions for the (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The office of the facilitation in the Inter-Burundian dialogue has opened the 5th round of Burundi talks on 25 October without the presence of Bujumbura delegation. Burundi government says it will not be concerned with what will result from the dialogue sessions. William Benjamin Mkapa, facilitator in the Inter-Burundian (...)