05-27-2020 ■ Aloys Baricako, Chairman of Kira Burundi Coalition says his political Coalition doesn’t reject the provisional results of the presidential and legislative elections released on Monday by the electoral body. “We don’t want to see once again any Burundian being killed or fleeing his country due to the electoral conflict,” (...)

05-27-2020 ■ In a statement issued a day after the release of provisional election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission on May 25, Burundi Catholic Bishops have identified irregularities that characterized the previously held elections. The Burundi Catholic Bishops say the triple ballot of May 20 was marred by enormous (...)

05-26-2020 ■ The National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI announced this May 25, the provisional results of the presidential and legislative elections held on May 20. According to the CENI, Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate for the ruling CNDD-FDD party is the winner of the presidential election with 68, 72% and is followed by Agathon (...)

05-20-2020 ■ In a statement issued on May 18, the Minister of Public Security warns Burundians, especially CNL and Uprona party members that whoever will try to destabilize security during the elections set on May 20 won’t be tolerated. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister of Public Security has warned whoever will try (...)

05-18-2020 ■ In a joint security statement issued on May 17, the African Union Commission and the Secretariat of the United Nations say they are concerned over reports of intimidation and violent clashes between supporters of opposing sides. They call on the Burundian authorities to provide a safe and secure environment (...)

05-15-2020 ■ The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi condemned the expulsion of four WHO officials amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Burundi. “The decision of the Burundian Government to declare persona non grata WHO Country Representative and three of its experts and ordering them to leave Burundi before 15 May is (...)

05-15-2020 ■ Walter Kazadi Mulombo, Country Representative of the World Health Organization in Burundi and three experts Tarzy Daniel, Ruhana Mirindi and Jean Pierre Mulunda have been declared « persona non grata » in Burundi. According to a note verbale sent to the WHO Representation Office for Africa in Brazzaville in (...)

05-14-2020 ■ Jackson Simbananiye aka “Kirahwata”, one of the most popular forex dealers in Bujumbura City was discovered dead in the morning of May 14. His corpse was found in a gutter located along “Imprimerie” avenue, section II of Nyakabiga neighborhood of Mukaza commune in central Bujumbura city. Local sources reported (...)

05-14-2020 ■ Pierre Claver Kazihise, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has said no international observers will be deployed in Burundi to supervise the elections set to take place on May 20 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. At a press conference held in the economic capital Bujumbura this (...)

05-13-2020 ■ In a statement issued on May 11, Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye, Chairman of the Conference of Burundi Catholic Bishops has said the wrong attitudes displayed by some candidates in the electoral campaign prompt others to political intolerance. “We are particularly concerned over this intolerance that led to confrontations, killings and (...)