11-08-2016 ■ Salvator Nyandwi, the chairman of the association of gravediggers ”Dufashanye”, was arrested in the afternoon of 5 November. He is detained in Gihamga police Brigade custody in Bubanza Province in the West of Burundi. He is accused of speaking to a journalist. The association gathers gravediggers who work in (...)

11-01-2016 ■ The Group of Burundi East African Legislative Assembly MPs, has held this 31 October a press conference to inform Burundians about activities conducted by this EAC institution in plenary sessions that took place in Tanzania in August and October 2016 in Arusha and Zanzibar respectively.”As the process of Burundi (...)

10-29-2016 ■ Red Cross Burundi has officially launched, this 27 October, a project that will be mainly implemented in Bujumbura City and two other provinces namely Rumonge and Bujumbura. According to Alexis Manirakiza, spokesman of Red Cross Burundi, this project aims to improve the prevention of Sexual and Gender -Based Violence-SGBV (...)

10-27-2016 ■ When the funeral of the Burundian journalist Vincent Nkeshimana was taking place in Belgium this October 26, his family members and former colleagues in Burundi paid tribute to him during a mass ceremony in Regina Mundi cathedral in Bujumbura. Died at the age of 50 years on 14 October (...)

10-25-2016 ■ This 24 October The National Council of Communication –CNC has taken a decision to suspend for a period of one month, the radio program ‘Karadiridimba’, broadcast on Radio Isanganiro. According Gabriel Bihumugani, the spokesman of CNC, the song played during ‘Karadiridimba’ radio program is the cause of the sanction. (...)

10-24-2016 ■ Gildas Yihundimpundu, a BBC correspondent in Burundi arrested on Sunday morning 23 October with an American journalist Julia Steers has just been released. Prime Ndikumagenge, BBC representative in Burundi confirms the information. They were arrested and their equipment was seized, on 23 October around 8 am, while they were (...)

10-21-2016 ■ On October 10, AU decided to delay the placement of Burundian contingents deployed in the African Union peacekeeping Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] expected in November 2016. The spokesman of the Burundian army colonel Gaspard Baratuza denies this information. “Contrary to what is said, AU has not suspended the rotation (...)

10-20-2016 ■ Burundian Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (ISTEEBU) in collaboration with UNFPA has organized a workshop this October 19 to publish the results of a survey jointly conducted on the demographic situation in Burundi. The workshop aimed to analyze the benefits that the country could get from a demographic (...)

10-19-2016 ■ On 18 October, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has promulgated the law on the withdrawal of Burundi from the International Criminal Court.Following the decision, the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, expressed concern about this development. (...)

10-18-2016 ■ On the occasion of the International Day for Poverty Eradication celebrated on 17 October every year, UNDP Burundi declared that 82.1% of the Burundian population live on $ 1.25 a day. For Natalie Boucly, the UNDP-Burundi Director, poverty does not only mean the absence of income or access to (...)