10-18-2016 ■ The heavy rain that fell last week in Cibitoke neighborhood of Ntahangwa Commune of Bujumbura the capital destroyed three classrooms of Lycée Municipal de Cibitoke. Classroom roofs have been damaged. 9th form pupils from the Fundamental school and those from 1st year of social and human sciences section have (...)

10-14-2016 ■ All trade at the Kanyaru-Bas border point in northern Ngozi Province has been suspended since the government closed the customs office at the crossing on 11 October. The government says it closed the customs office at Kanyaru-Bas due to low levels of traffic since July, when they imposed a (...)

10-12-2016 ■ On 12 October, the National Assembly has voted for a bill on Burundi withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Despite points of contention during the plenary session, 94 MPs voted for, 2 against and 14 abstentions. The Minister of Justice, Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, who defended the draft law in (...)

10-12-2016 ■ On his third visit in Burundi in two years, Ambassador Georg Schmidt, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sahel of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs indicated that Germany is concerned with the country’s current situation. “The UN Human Rights reports are not encouraging. Several refugees are still living (...)

10-11-2016 ■ Since Carama site displaced persons were forcibly moved by the administration from “Ku mase” place near lake Tanganyika in Bujumbura city in February 2014, Burundi government is currently urging them to return to their native villages. 239 families of about 1000 people are sheltered in precarious huts and tents (...)

10-07-2016 ■ Eight Soldiers and fifteen policemen detained in Ngozi prison for three weeks. They are accused of plotting a coup. It started with a tweet by Pierre Nkurikiye, police spokesperson, on 14 September. He announced: “At 3:30 p.m., warrant officer Eddy Claude Nyongera (Army Staff-Transmission/Burundian army) killed himself with a (...)

10-06-2016 ■ On 4 October, Albert Nduwimana, Ngozi Northern Province governor said Rwandans accompanied by forty soldiers destroyed a house under construction on Sabanerwa hill of Mwumba Commune in Ngozi Province. He spoke of outright provocation and indicated that adequate measures are being taken to protect citizens. Térence Ntahiraja, spokesman for (...)

10-05-2016 ■ Seven months after the EU suspended the financial direct aid to the Burundian Government, its delegation has carried out a two day-visit in the country to assess the current situation. Conclusion: there is still a long way to go. “We have looked into different cases such as human rights, (...)

10-04-2016 ■ Burundi Investment Agency (API) has organized a trade fair since 3 October to promote investment in Burundi through bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Clothes, food, telephone company, handcrafted products… these are different products exhibited at different stands in “Palais des Arts” in Bujumbura city center. “We are convinced our products (...)

09-30-2016 ■ Fifteen months after students scaled the walls of the US embassy in Bujumbura seeking refuge from police, it’s business as usual at the embassy building. On 29 September, 176 Burundian students graduated from a 3-month English language course at the Rosa Parks American Corner, a section of the embassy (...)