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08-01-2019 ■ In the context of the celebration of the African Woman’s Day on July 31st, African Women in Action, a local NGO says Burundian women face several challenges that hinder their development. “Although women are endowed with an entrepreneurial spirit, some of them are not supported by their society and (...)

08-01-2019 ■ In a communiqué issued on July 29th, the African Union Commission-AU has condemned the attack perpetrated on July 27th by Al Shabaab militants on Burundian soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia-AMISOM. “We are united in grief with the families of the fallen soldiers, the people and government (...)

08-01-2019 ■ Juvénal Bigirimana, Rumonge province governor has given a week to the police officers operating in Rumonge province to investigate and identify people who tried to burn the office of CNL party located in Gatete area of Rumonge commune in Rumonge province in the south of Burundi. Jacques Ntunzwenimana, local (...)

07-31-2019 ■ In a communiqué issued on July 29th, the African Union Commission-AU has condemned the attack perpetrated on July 27th by Al Shabaab militants on Burundian soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia-AMISOM. “We are united in grief with the families of the fallen soldiers, the people and government (...)

07-31-2019 ■ On the occasion of the celebration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons this 30 July, local civil society organizations say there is still a long way to go as far as the reintegration of Burundian victims of human trafficking into the community is concerned. SOJPAE, an association (...)

07-31-2019 ■ Burundi Media Regulator -CNC officially launched the issuance of a national press card this July 30. Journalists say these cards will allow them easy access to information sources. “More than 1,500 journalists submitted their applications for press cards to CNC. 772 of them working for 42 media outlets met (...)

07-30-2019 ■ Broken bottles of BRARUDI beverages, people’s IDs, used compresses covered with blood, broken metallic tools…were piled up on the ground of ETS Kamenge, a technical secondary school, in the morning of July 29. That school located in the north of the Burundian economic capital Bujumbura is where Primusic final (...)

07-30-2019 ■ On July 29th, Bujumbura Administrative Court has held again a public hearing of a trial opposing Bonesha FM radio and Burundi Media Regulator-CNC. In its decision of 23 July 2019, the Administrative Court of Bujumbura decided to reopen hearings on the case opposing Bonesha FM radio and CNC. The (...)

07-29-2019 ■ On Monday, July 22, 2019, precisely three years after the kidnapping of the journalist Jean Bigirimana in Bugarama area in Muramvya province, Iwacu Press Group organized a ceremony in memory of this missing person. All the editorial staff agrees on one thing: the commemoration must begin the time when (...)

07-26-2019 ■ On July 25, 2019, Burundi government officially launched the Lake Tanganyika Water Management (LATAWAMA) project financed by the European Union. The aim of the project is to protect the environment, enhance biodiversity and combat the effects of climate change. “EU has given € 6.9 million to finance Lake Tanganyika (...)