02-09-2017 ■ Léontine Nzeyimana, Minister of EAC Affairs says the project of joining other partner states in the use of the single tourist visa is ongoing. “The adoption of the bill to harmonize with other countries is still pending in Burundi Parliament. We transmitted numerous bills but MPs have not yet (...)

02-08-2017 ■ Epileptics are treated abominably and unfairly in the Burundian society. On the occasion of the International Epilepsy Day, the Ministry of Public Health says it organizes sensitization campaigns to break down the prejudices. They are described as bewitched and possessed by a demonic spirit as well as people with (...)

02-07-2017 ■ Colonel Gaspard Baratuza, Burundi Army spokesperson, says the Islamist group “El-Shaabab” has ambushed the Burundian peacekeeping troops’ convoy in Somalia, this 7 February in the afternoon. He also says three Burundian peacekeeping troops have been seriously injured and evacuated to hospital for treatment. “Others have been immediately treated on (...)

02-07-2017 ■ UN human rights experts warn about severe repression of human rights defenders as well as the ban and provisional suspension of a number of civil society organizations in Burundi. Burundi Government denies the allegations. The human rights experts draw the Government’s attention to the allegations concerning a significant increase (...)

02-03-2017 ■ Ministry of Environment, Water and Urban Planning calls for wetlands protection program to counter twin threats of agriculture and urbanization. Burundi’s wetlands could cause widespread flooding if not better managed”, the Director General of water, Emmanuel Ndorimana says. Unplanned construction and agriculture pose a significant threat to the wetlands (...)

02-01-2017 ■ Alice Nzomukunda and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, two former Burundi deputy presidents, have been suspended temporarily from the governing board of CNARED. They are accused of serious and flagrant violation of the platform’s code of conduct. Alice Nzomukunda, Chairman of the ADR-Imvugakuri and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, Chairman of Sahwanya Frodebu, have been (...)

01-31-2017 ■ The term of the Executive Board of the National Council for the Arusha Agreement and Rule of Law-CNARED expired on 25 January. Members are divided over the term limit and accuse one another of violating the regulations governing the platform. “The opposition platform –CNARED has no board since 25 (...)

01-30-2017 ■ The AU Heads of State and Government are meeting for two days in the 28th ordinary session of the assembly from 30th to 31st January in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Burundi opposition calls on the attendees to urge the EAC Heads of state to find solutions to the Burundi crisis. « (...)

01-26-2017 ■ Eleven young girls from Gitega central province and six others from Cibitoke western province are reported to have been sexually abused by two teachers from those provinces. A psychologist talks of an ignoble behavior that needs to be strongly discouraged in the society. In Buganda Commune of Cibitoke Province, (...)

01-25-2017 ■ They have been arrested this 25 January. Five were arrested and handed over to the police in the early morning of 24 January following heavy gunshots heard in the night of 23 January near the Mukoni military camp, north eastern Muyinga Province. “The suspects in the robbery attempt include (...)