02-10-2019 ■ Former president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, officially launched his book “Burundi: Démocratiepiégée” this February 8, 2019. The book tells about the country’s painful past.   Sylvestre Ntibantunganya says he wrote the book because key political actors in Burundi’s history have a duty to testify to the country’s painful past to prepare (...)

02-08-2019 ■ Some inhabitants of Gasenyi area have staged a sit-in before the chief of Gasenyi area’s house this February 7, 2019. They ask him to be actively involved in their claim for compensation. A woman aged 30 living in Gasenyi area says there are houses which were being built but (...)

02-07-2019 ■ The government has given a period of one month to the people residing all around Buterere wastewater treatment plant in Ntahangwa urban commune to leave the locality. They have decided to stage a sit-in before the Ombudsman’s office asking him to help resolve the problem. Women, Children, men, young (...)

02-05-2019 ■ Christine Ntahe, a former journalist known for peace and reconciliation actions and street children programs is going to launch a book that pays tribute to women and their struggle for unity during the war period. “There are courageous Burundian women who, in the midst of the chaos caused by (...)

01-26-2019 ■ UNHCR denies reports that it would have distributed military clothes to the Burundian refugees living in Nduta camp in Tanzania. At a press conference held this January 25, Gogo Hukportie, UNHCR representative in Burundi, said UNHCR could not give unsuitable clothes because it fully respects cultural, legal and religious (...)

01-25-2019 ■ While the world celebrates women’s sports day every January 24, Burundian women are still under-represented in the sports sector. Circoncilie Nahimana, representative of women’s sports in Burundi National Olympic Committee says there is a small number of women in sports. “In collective and individual sports, there are 3703 women (...)

01-24-2019 ■ Insufficient competitions, lack of sufficient funds and will to develop this sector are among other problems that Burundi women’s football associations face in the country. Dominique Ndikuryayo, president of Fofila women’s football club, says there is still a long way to go to develop women’s football in Burundi. “Mentalities (...)

01-23-2019 ■ The ministry of communication says the project of the national television to move from analog to digital system is ongoing and about to reach the final stage. Frédéric Nahimana, Minister of Communication, says within 3 months, the national television will broadcast in a digital system. “The project is at (...)

01-22-2019 ■ The ministry of communication promised to serve as bridge between journalists and administration. Mr. Frédéric Nahimana, Minister of Communication, says it when he was presenting his ministry’s achievements for the second semester 2018, this Monday 21 January 2019. He says he is fully aware that there is an advantage (...)

01-19-2019 ■ A family of six died in a landslide due to flood caused by the torrential rain that fell in the night of this January 18, 2019 in Muyira zone of Kanyosha commune in Bujumbura province. A whole family made of a husband, his wife and their four children (one (...)