02-26-2020 ■ Evariste Ndayishimiye, Secretary General of the ruling party CNDD-FDD and presidential candidate for the forthcoming elections has submitted this 25 February his file to the office of the National electoral commission (CENI). He has also submitted the files of CNDD-FDD candidates for the legislative elections. The electoral commission announced (...)

02-25-2020 ■ “Political parties, coalitions of political parties and independent candidates who meet conditions set by law and wish to stand for the upcoming 2020 elections must submit their candidacy files to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) headquarters from 25 February to 5 March, 2020,” announced Pierre Claver Kazihise, CENI (...)

02-21-2020 ■ Consolate Havyarimana, 45, was shot dead in front of her house in Kizingwe locality, Kanyosha area in Muha commune in the south of Bujumbura. This mother of a child also mother of the ruling party CNDD-FDD was attacked by unidentified gunmen when she was going home from work in (...)

02-21-2020 ■ “The price of cherry coffee A has increased from BIF 500 to BIF 550 per Kg while cherry coffee B increases from BIF 250 to BIF 275 per Kg “said Déo Guide Rurema, Minister of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, at the official launch of the 2020-2021 Coffee Campaign. (...)

02-20-2020 ■ “We would like to warn speculative traders about stealing food production in order to sell it at an exorbitant price in neighboring countries”, said Déo-Guide Rurema, Minister of Agriculture at a press conference on the production of the season crop A held on 19 February. He said the ministry (...)

02-19-2020 ■ The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has given this 18 February a master plan for developing drinking water supply in Bujumbura until 2030 to the Burundian company that distributes water and electricity (REGIDESO). This project will cost nearly $ 88 million. This plan aims to define a (...)

02-18-2020 ■ All currency exchange offices have been closed since February 15 following the measure taken on 11 February by Jean Ciza, Governor of Burundi Central Bank. He accuses foreign exchange dealers of violating the current currency exchange regulations. Only commercial banks are allowed to deal with foreign currencies. This measure (...)

02-14-2020 ■ “I have just worked for more than 5 years without being paid. I preferred to work as a volunteer to avoid staying idle,” says a young journalist working for a community radio station operating in Gitega province in central Burundi on the occasion of the celebration of the World (...)

02-13-2020 ■ Residents of the northern neighborhoods of the economic capital Bujumbura express their worries over rubbish accumulated in their households and in public places. They say the companies in charge of removing them from households have not worked for three weeks. In COTEBU market located in Ngagara area in the (...)

02-12-2020 ■ On the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of the Sick this Tuesday 11 February, the Burundian association fighting for patients’ rights (CEMABU) has said it deplores the behavior of some public hospital officials who refuse to provide health care to holders of Medical Assistance Card (CAM). (...)