01-24-2017 ■ The term of CNARED Executive Board ends its term this 25 January. Some activities have been made according to the assessment by the Executive Board. Anicet Niyonkuru, Executive Secretary to the National Council for the Restoration of the Arusha Agreement and the State of law-CNARED says several activities have (...)

01-23-2017 ■ On the occasion of the Women Sport International, this 24 January, the Burundi Federation says it is glad about steps made. However, female football players face various challenges. “It is not easy to play football in Burundi as a mother”, says Emérence Girukwishaka, 25, and mother of one kid. (...)

01-20-2017 ■ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the United Nations, has officially launched the Burundi Humanitarian Response 2017, on 19 January in the capital of Bujumbura. The plan aims at assisting about three million people who are vulnerable due to food insecurity and other challenges. “It is estimated (...)

01-18-2017 ■ The fields are dry due to drought caused by the shortage of rain in Bubanza western province of Burundi. Four people have already died since the past two weeks. Serious measures will be taken if the situation persists, government say. “I have nothing to eat. I have only legumes (...)

01-17-2017 ■ Parcem, a local NGO for mentality change in Burundi, has launched this 17 January a sensitization campaign against inflation following the rise in price of some products. Some causes of inflation are the price increase of stable food, the lack of foreign currency, the increase of tax collection, the (...)

01-16-2017 ■ Three people have been killed in an attack perpetrated in Kavumu area of Muyira zone in Kanyosha commune of Bujumbura Province, on 14 January. Six people have been arrested for investigations. Unknown armed men shot three people including two men and a kid aged 10 in Kavumu area of (...)

01-13-2017 ■ Counterpart International, an NGO, has organized a two day job fair for unemployed youths in the capital of Bujumbura. About 50 youths from the capital welcomed the initiative. “I have got the opportunity to talk face to face with employers and, thanks to this job fair, I now know (...)

01-12-2017 ■ Burundi Revenue Authority (OBR) aims to collect an estimated BIF 720, 2 billion in 2017. Some factors have been taken into account to predict its success. The rental tax that will be collected by OBR (60% will be paid into communal treasury while 40% will be paid into public (...)

01-12-2017 ■ Police traffic say restrictive measures will be taken against charcoal dealers who overload their trucks with charcoal. The latter say they do so because traffic police ask them to pay bribes. “We meet various roadblocks set up by some civilians and the police on our way to the capital (...)

01-10-2017 ■ Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Minister of Water, Environment and Urban Territory, 54, has been buried at Mpanda Cemetery in Bubanza Province, on 10 January. He was shot dead on the New Year’s Eve on his way home. Burial ceremonies of the Minister of Environment have taken place in the capital Bujumbura. (...)