10-25-2014 ■ Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered the expulsion of Scott Campbell, director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Congo, a day after the publication of a UN report detailing serious human rights violations by Congolese security forces. The expulsion comes amidst rising crime levels. At (...)

10-24-2014 ■ A Field Training Exercise (FTX) of EAC Partner States’ Armed Forces was officially launched in Burundi, in Mwaro Province on 19 September 2014. The main objective is to practice together on how to maintain peace and security in the region.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse The launching ceremony is an elaborate (...)

10-24-2014 ■ President Uhuru Kenyatta is the first acting president in the world to appear in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC).The president of Kenya appeared at the ICC in The Hague on 8 October. He is suspected of crimes against humanity, committed during the post elections violence in 2007.-By (...)

10-24-2014 ■ Some countries use sign language interpreters at TV stationsso that deaf people can follow the news. That is not the case in Burundi.–By Yves Didier Irakoze Rwanda National TV has an interpreter who usessignlanguage to translate the news. The same is true in Uganda and Kenya. In Kenya they (...)

10-24-2014 ■ The President signed a decree withdrawing BIF 7,400 million from the budget and transferring it to the 2015 election process. The decree was signed on August 30, but was not made public until last week.-J.Berchmans Siboniyo Complaints and consternation fill the hearts of the beneficiaries. Cecile Ntahondereye, the Headmistress (...)

10-23-2014 ■ From 22nd to 23rd October, the Ministry of Water, Environment, Sanitation and Urbanism (MEEATU) organized a two day workshop to raise awareness on the national norms for disposing waste water.–By Diane Uwimana “Throwing out waste water can negatively impact our health and environment”, says Francine Jeanne Nkunzimana, Director of (...)

10-23-2014 ■ Burundi’s Human Right record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee on 8-9 October in Geneva.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse The committee was interested in the case of two commissioners of the Burundian Independent National Commission on Human Right (INCHR), who were instated without consulting opposition parties and civil (...)

10-22-2014 ■ On Friday 10 October 2014 Burundian brewer Brarudi organized the Amstel Beer Fest. Kibido, Kitoko and other Burundian stars performed.-By J.Berchmans Siboniyo The German Oktoberfest is taking over the world. The festival originates in München, Germany. It is the largest beer festival in the world and lasts about two (...)

10-22-2014 ■ Burundi was the only EAC country invited to the Rwanda Cultural Fashion Week 2014.–By Yves Didier Irakoze “We preferred to invite Burundi to this event because we appreciate talent. Burundi maintains its originality by preserving culture through fashion”, states one of the organizers of the event. Alice Anny Akingabiye, (...)

10-22-2014 ■ Today is the International Stuttering Awareness Day. Pacifique Mahoro, the chairman of the Burundi Stuttering Association is concerned that stutterers are not respected in school, at work and even in their household.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse Pacifique Mahoro indicates that when he was a pupil, he faced many problems. “My (...)