10-17-2018 ■ Burundian politician’s ideas on the agenda of the 5th round of the inter-Burundian dialogue diverge. “Our interest in participating in the 5th round of the inter-Burundian dialogue will depend on the strict respect of the agenda, namely the roadmap for the 2020 elections,” reads a correspondence that 11 political (...)

10-16-2018 ■ While presenting the 3rd term achievements of 2018, the Minister of Public Security says there has been an improvement in the fight against criminality in Burundi but says there is still a long way to go. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister of Public Security says the security situation is generally (...)

10-13-2018 ■ The independent MP Fabien Baciryanino calls on the Ministry of Justice to free acquitted prisoners. Fabien Baciryanino says there are three categories of acquitted prisoners who are still detained. “There are those who have been judged innocent by courts, those who have served their sentences and those who have (...)

10-12-2018 ■ There is a need of extensive knowledge for girls to avoid school dropouts due to unwanted pregnancies. This has been said by APFB representative while celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child this October 11, 2018. Marie Lazia Karire, coordinator of the project “Menya umenyeshe” in the association (...)

10-07-2018 ■ After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission –CVR announced that it will soon proceed with a decent burial of human remains dug up from mass graves; associations engaged in fighting crimes against humanities call on CVR to identify all mass graves throughout the country. Aloys Batungwanayo, Chairman of the Association (...)

10-05-2018 ■ From this October, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission –CVR will proceed with a decent burial of human remains dug up from mass graves scattered throughout the country. Clément Noah Ninziza, Vice President of CVR said it in a press conference he held this Thursday October 04. He says this (...)

10-04-2018 ■ Emmanuel Niyungeko, Director General of the regulatory authority of the coffee sector –ARFIC, says a meeting chaired by the Minister of Agriculture with institutions operating in coffee sector, private banks and the central bank was held to find a solution to the problem of delay in the payment of (...)

10-03-2018 ■ The Ministry of the Interior has held a meeting with foreign NGOs in order to give some clarifications on the decision suspending them for three months, which was taken by the National Security Council. Four documents are required for those NGOs to start operating again, he says. Pascal Barandagiye, (...)

10-02-2018 ■ Foreign NGOs operating in Burundi are not allowed to work since this October 1, 2018. Some politicians call on the government to suspend the decision while others say it is normal. Léonce Ngendakumana, deputy president of FRODEBU party calls on the government to suspend the measure urgently. “The government (...)

09-29-2018 ■ The National Security Council has decided to suspend all foreign NGOs operating in Burundi for three months since Monday 1 October. It accuses them of not abiding by the law. Silas Ntigurirwa, Secretary General of the National Security Council says the measure has been taken so that NGOs operating (...)