06-13-2018 ■ In statement issued on 12 June, Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State has said the US welcomes Burundi president announcement that he does not intend to seek a fourth term, reaffirming the promise he made to Burundian people in 2015. Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza announced on (...)

06-12-2018 ■ Two people were killed and 22 others wounded in a grenade attack that occurred in the night of June 10 in Birohe area of Gitega Commune in Gitega central province. A woman who was selling peanuts died on the spot and seven people including one soldier were seriously injured. (...)

06-11-2018 ■ President Nkurunziza promulgated on June 7, 2018 the new Constitution adopted in 17 May, 2018 referendum. When presenting the new Constitution to the population, he announced his term in office as president would end in 2020. This declaration led to ambiguity for people. Some say President Nkurunziza affirmed he (...)

06-08-2018 ■ Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has promulgated on June 7 the new constitution adopted through a constitutional referendum held on May 17, 2018. Political parties of the opposition and the international community condemned the amendment to the constitution arguing that it violates the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement and allows (...)

06-07-2018 ■ Employees of the Burundian company of warehouse management and transit assistance (SOBUGEA) protest against the recent decision made by SOBUGEA executive to change their health insurance coverage. The management of SOBUGEA decided on May 3, 2018 to pay its staff’s health care fees following a medical care scheme of (...)

06-05-2018 ■ Burundian parliamentarians will return to the parliamentary holidays in July. “We have to comply with the new Constitution,” said Pascal Nyabenda, Speaker of the National Assembly on June 4 when opening the ordinary session for June. He has said Article 179 of the new constitution recently adopted in the (...)

06-01-2018 ■ On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the victory of the political party Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) in presidential elections held on June1, 1993, Léonce Ngendakumana, deputy chairman of the party has said democracy is undermined in Burundi. He believes that the present socio-political situation in (...)

06-01-2018 ■ “The National Observatory for the Prevention and Eradication of Genocide, War Crimes and Other Human Rights Crimes (ONPGH) condemns the statement made by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry stating that Tutsi ethnic minority is no longer protected in the new Constitution,” said Jean de Dieu Mutabazi, Chairman of ONPGH, (...)

05-31-2018 ■ World Food Program has distributed on 30 May 23.7 tons of maize seeds, 7.9 tons of beans, 1.6 tons of cottonseed oil and 0.3 tons of salt to 438 families affected by the floods which hit Buterere neighborhood in late April 2018. Each family received 54 kg of maize (...)

05-25-2018 ■ On some avenues of Bwiza zone, in central Bujumbura, there are uncovered septic tanks that often cause accidents. Some residents of the Bwiza area fear for their road safety. On the 4th avenue of the zone, near the office of Bwiza zone, there are two uncovered holes in the (...)