05-12-2020 ■ Local sources reported a grenade explosion in a bar known as “Choice Ziko Bar-belonging to a certain Patrick” located on 11th avenue in Twinyoni locality of Kamenge neighborhood in the north of Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, in the night of May 10. “It was around 7 p.m. (...)

05-08-2020 ■ Lack of medicines and means, discrimination, stigma …are some challenges faced by Burundian AIDS orphans. Chantal Mbonankira, 28, is an AIDS orphan since her third year of birth. She says she faces several challenges since she knew she is living with AIDS ten years after her parent had died. (...)

05-07-2020 ■ Térence Manirambona, Spokesperson for CNL party says their members have been harassed since the beginning of the electoral campaign on April 27. “ One party member was killed in Kanyinya locality in Kirundo province while two others were abducted in Cankuzo province and Mwaro province respectively,” says Manirambona. He (...)

05-07-2020 ■ In a telephone press briefing on COVID-19 in Africa and the USA response this May 6, Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Assistant Secretary in charge of African Affairs’ Bureau has said the USA expects to give more than $ 1 million in migration and refugee humanitarian assistance which will help (...)

05-06-2020 ■ In his visit to Iwacu Press Group in the morning of May 6, Claude Bochu, EU Ambassador to Burundi has said the relationship between EU and Burundi is in the reconciliation process. “There is a will from both sides to better understand each one’s expectations and limitations,” he says (...)

05-06-2020 ■ Freddy Mbonimpa, Bujumbura Mayor has authorized motorcycles, bicycles and tricycles also known as “Tuk-Tuk” to cross Ntahangwa Bridge and enter Mukaza commune in Bujumbura city from May 4. He said motorcycles and bicycles are allowed to transport passengers up to 6:00 p.m. while “Tuk-Tuk” will close their activities at (...)

04-24-2020 ■ Agathon Rwasa, CNL Chairman and presidential candidate for the 2020 elections is concerned over the insurance issue in the electoral campaign. “Political parties have to use trucks in the electoral campaign. However, the traffic police have only accepted to grant an authorization for one truck and each commune couldn’t (...)

04-24-2020 ■ Térence Manirambona, Spokesperson for CNL party deplores the increase in cases of harassment and political intolerance towards CNL party members during this electoral period. “There is a new phenomenon where CNL party candidates for the elections at different levels as well as the party observers in diverse polling stations (...)

04-23-2020 ■ Members of the National Assembly approved, on April 21, a draft bill governing the state budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year amounting to BIF 1,576 billion, an increase of 3.9% compared to the last year budget. OLUCOME says lawmakers would have considered the prevailing situation before adopting it. Gabriel (...)

04-22-2020 ■ The National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI has met this April 21, all stakeholders involved in the elections starting this May 20 to discuss the electoral process. Participants have raised concerns related to electoral campaign which is about to get started. Annociate Niyonkuru, Deputy Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (...)