03-15-2018 ■ The platform of the Burundi opposition in exile CNARED organized from 9 to 11 March in Leuven in Belgium, a meeting to create a ‘Forum Citoyen’ which gathers members of the political opposition, leaders of civil society organizations as well as some journalists living in exile. The objective of (...)

03-14-2018 ■ “About 4000 goats have died following a sheep and goats plague that struck Burundi for the first time in December 2017,” Déo Guide Rurema, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, told journalists on Tuesday, 13 March 2018. Ha added that the National Veterinary Laboratory of Bujumbura as well as the (...)

03-13-2018 ■ The National Commission for Lands and other Properties (CNTB) handed over yesterday a plot of 3 ha located in Kajaga district of Mutimbuzi Commune in Bujumbura province, to the descendants of Gahinga Issa represented by Bambarukontari Alexis. This parcel has been exploited by Evariste Ndizeye since 1991. The latter (...)

03-09-2018 ■ On the occasion of the International Women’s Day which was celebrated on 8 March in Kayanza, some women from that province deplore the fact that their husbands mistreat them. Some say they are physically abused while others accuse their husbands of having concubines. “Some women and I are suffering (...)

03-07-2018 ■ The National Independent Electoral Commission has organized this Tuesday March 6, a meeting with its electoral partners on the preparation progress with the Constitutional referendum scheduled for May 2018. Those partners were representatives of the diplomatic and consular corps in Bujumbura, leaders of civil society organizations, political parties, parliamentarians (...)

03-06-2018 ■ “More than 500 people predominantly women and girls were sold to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait in 2017,” reveals the report conducted by a local NGO fighting against human trafficking (ONLCT ou est ton frère). Prime Mbarubukeye, Chairman of ONLCT ou est ton frère says he has found a (...)

03-01-2018 ■ National Federation of Associations Defending Children’s Rights (FENADEB) in Burundi has revealed this February 28 that 605 street children and 1250 returnees have been integrated into families within three months since November 2017. Following the recommendations made in a meeting held in February 2017 between government officials, UNICEF representatives (...)

02-28-2018 ■ The decision of Burundi government to revise the constitution has hampered economic development, Michel Kafando, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General to Burundi told 15 members of the UN Security Council on 26 February. He said the current political situation in Burundi is not suitable to conduct (...)

02-27-2018 ■ A grenade was thrown on the main road commonly called ‘Kurya Kanyoni’ crossing Cibitoke Zone, north of the Burundian capital in the night of 25 February. On-site sources say three people were seriously wounded while one victim was slightly injured. The police and local administration say only three people (...)

02-09-2018 ■ Voters’ registration has started this 8 February in Bujumbura as well as in other provinces of Burundi. It will last 10 days. The chairman of the Independent Municipal Electoral Commission (CECI) in Muha, Adolphe Nshimirimana says the registration has started late arguing that they have received necessary materials on (...)