08-03-2017 ■ The Ministry of Public Security reports that the number of crimes committed in July has fallen off from 621 in June to 151 in July, a decrease of 24,3%. “Cases of killings and killing attempts moved from 37 cases in June to 31 in July. Victims were killed due (...)

08-02-2017 ■ Burundi Senate organized a plenary session to analyze the recent resolution adopted by the EU parliament on the situation prevailing in Burundi. It has accused Burundi government of advocating impunity. Senators say offenders are sanctioned according to the law. In its resolution adopted on 6 July, the EU Parliament (...)

08-01-2017 ■ Burundi senate has held a plenary session this 1 August during which it analyzed and voted against the content of the EU resolution adopted by the EU parliament on the current Burundi situation on 6 July. The European Parliament has recently upheld the decision by the European Union to (...)

07-31-2017 ■ Boosting the electoral process within member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) was the main objective of the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the ICGLR and Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA). “We want to build capacity and strengthen (...)

07-28-2017 ■ No international crimes were committed in Burundi between 2015 and 2017, according to an announcement on Friday by the chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights, CNDIH. The announcement comes just weeks after the allegedly independent commission announced that it had recorded 340 unlawful killings, over 100 disappearances, (...)

07-27-2017 ■ Michel Kafando, the UN Special Envoy to Burundi presented briefly the current situation in the country to the UN Security Council, on 26 July. He calls for a dialogue that includes both the opposition in the country and the one in exile. “The first requirement is to give priority (...)

07-26-2017 ■ “We have not so far been informed about the reasons for the cancellation of our participation in the Francophonie games at the last minute”, says Annick Kabatesi, head of the fashion company which makes clothes from ficus tree, who was among participants in the competition. The Francophonie games that (...)

07-25-2017 ■ Charles Bizimana, Jérèmie Ndoriyobija and Christian Citegetse have been arrested by the National Intelligence Service in Ngozi Northern Province in the afternoon of 24 July. Olive Nkunzimana, MP elected in Ngozi constituency from the political coalition “Amizero y’Abarundi” says all of them are followers of FNL party, which is (...)

07-24-2017 ■ “They came in groups. 39 Congolese arrived in Rumonge on 20 July while 18 others arrived on 21 of the same month”, says Juvénal Bigirimana, Rumonge province Governor. The majority of them were women and children. They entered Burundi through Rumonge port. They said they had fled confrontations between (...)

07-21-2017 ■ Iwacu Press Group commemorates one year of the disappearance of its journalist, Jean Bigirimana, who has gone missing since 22 July 2016. No evidence of his death so far . “You were a colleague, a friend and brother. Your sense of responsibility, your passion for journalism, your professionalism and (...)