12-26-2017 ■ Traders operating in six markets of the capital Bujumbura complain that it is taking too long to return to the newly rehabilitated markets. They say that the temporary ones are not appropriate enough to work in especially during the rainy season. Since January 2016, Bujumbura city council asked different (...)

12-22-2017 ■ The National Tourism Office has launched its fourth edition of Christmas market this 19 December and it will close on 25 December. Exhibitors complain about the lack of visitors, they say this edition seems to be less vibrant. At the entrance of the National Tourism Office, some stands of (...)

12-21-2017 ■ While the deadline for the campaign to remove children from the streets approaches, different activists recall everyone’s responsibility to make it a success. Children living on the street come from different regions of the country and for various reasons. Joseph Ndayisaba, Lecturer at the University of Burundi, says everyone (...)

12-21-2017 ■ Phénias Nigaba, spokesperson for Sahwanya FRODEBU says his party cannot send its candidates for the electoral commissions. He accuses the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) of violating the law. He says the whole process of constitution amendment is illegal and against the Arusha Peace Agreement and Burundian Constitution. The (...)

12-20-2017 ■ Hon. Martin Ngoga from Rwanda is the newly elected Speaker of the fourth East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. The election which was scheduled on 18 December was postponed to 19 December as lawmakers from Burundi and Tanzania had boycotted it. Among the activities on the agenda of East African Legislative (...)

12-18-2017 ■ Christine Ntahe, Representative of the association visited the family of two mutilated boys in Kiremba Hill, Itaba Commune, Gitega Province on Wednesday 13 December. She came with a pack of food. She visited Richard, 12 and Jean Claude 10, two boys recently amputated of left wrists by their neighbours (...)

12-15-2017 ■ The President of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), Pierre Claver Ndayicariye calls for candidacy for the establishment of independent provincial election commissions (CEPI) so as to organise the referendum for the amendment to the Constitution. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye has met this Friday, 15 December with representatives of political (...)

12-14-2017 ■ A delegation of seven staff members of COMESA secretariat landed at Bujumbura International Airport this Thursday 14 December to prepare the COMESA summit which will be held in Burundi, in the first quarter of 2018. A team of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) staff members have (...)

12-14-2017 ■ Children’s conditions have improved since Burundi signed the African Charter on children’s Rights and Welfare. However, there is still a way to go. This was said by a Burundian civil society during the presentation of its report on the children’s rights situation in Burundi before the African Union committee (...)

12-13-2017 ■ During a media synergy on the achievements of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) three years after its establishment, Bishop Jean Louis Nahimana, its chairman has recognised this Tuesday that the commission faces several challenges. The National Commission for the Truth and Reconciliation was created in December 2014 with (...)