09-24-2019 ■ Jean Christophe Carret, Director of Operations for the World Bank in Burundi says the Jiji-Mulembwe hydropower dam will produce 49, 5 MW. “It will significantly improve the electricity access rate and at least half of the population in Burundi will benefit from the project,” he says at the official (...)

09-23-2019 ■ The office of the Burundian Ombudsman tried to “reframe” the Nairobi meeting. In a statement issued on 18 September, Edouard Nduwimana attempted to downplay what has been seen as a major step towards an agreement on the return of the exiled opponents to the country. It looks like an (...)

09-20-2019 ■ Onésime Nduwimana, CNARED Spokesperson said it is true that the meeting between the Burundian government and the exiled politicians took place in Nairobi. “It was not the first time we met”. He added that CNARED delegation firstly made sure that the office of the Burundi Ombudsman was really a (...)

09-19-2019 ■ Léonce Ngendakumana, Deputy Chairman of Sahwanya FRODEBU party has said the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has been established due to different human rights violations committed in Burundi in 2015 which are still observed today. In addition, he said, the government has refused to cooperate with the Commission. “The (...)

09-18-2019 ■ The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has presented its briefing report in the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. Participants deplore the alarming situation within the country though Burundian government denies it. Doudou Diène, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has said the international (...)

09-17-2019 ■ Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairman for the African Union Commission strongly condemned the attack perpetrated against the Burundian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Hirshabelle region on 14 September 2019. In a statement issued on 16 September, Moussa Faki Mahamat said the attack caused a number (...)

09-16-2019 ■ Jean De Dieu Mutabazi, RADEBU party chairman has said five different political parties intend to work together in the upcoming electoral process. For him, the members of the coalition are from different ideologies including those from President Melchior Ndadaye, the democratic hero, Remy Gahutu and Prince Louis Rwagasore, the (...)

09-13-2019 ■ Charles Nditije, one of the founders of the Coalition of Burundian Opposition Forces for the Restoration of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement-CFOR-Arusha has said the coalition is against the 2020 elections. “The electoral process will be organized in a biased framework,” he said adding that the political and (...)

09-12-2019 ■ Aloys Baricako, Chairman of RANAC says his party is determined to participate in the 2020 elections under any circumstances. “The texts governing our party are clear. RANAC party will no longer boycott the elections unless there is a major force preventing all Burundians from partaking in them,” he says. (...)

09-12-2019 ■ Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Public Health says the number of people suffering from cholera continues to increase since it was declared last July. “At least two cases of cholera are recorded per day,” says Minister Ndikumana. He also says Bujumbura neighborhoods are the most affected. “The poor sanitation is (...)