10-04-2019 ■ Olegue Baraka and Pacelli Iradukunda also known as Landry Promoter are detained by the Police since last week. They are accused of breaking the Burundian culture and customs through their songs and videos. The two artists are jailed in the office of the police dealing with juvenile crimes. With (...)

09-27-2019 ■ At the 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference currently being held in Germany, investigative journalists from around the world say they faced a lot of challenges while doing their job. They mainly point out the lack financial means, limited access to official sources of information and the government crackdown on (...)

09-27-2019 ■ “Political opponents, women and ordinary citizens do not occupy enough space in Burundian media,” reveals the survey results on the monitoring of Burundian media presented on Thursday, September 26, 2019 by Institut Panos Grands Lacs (IPGL). This survey was conducted on four media namely National Radio, Iwacu Newspaper, Radio (...)

08-29-2019 ■ In an interview with Iwacu this August 28th, Arthur Banshayeko, a Burundian comedian and theater director says theater is faced with a few problems in Burundi. “We lack materials. We should have costume, sound, set and lighting designers, what is not the case in Burundi. We are still behind (...)

08-14-2019 ■ In a press briefing held on August 14th, the Association of mulattoes in the Great Lakes Region says mulattoes in Burundi face social discrimination in their everyday life. “Mulattoes have always been in search of their African roots with a desire to reunite with their families of origins,” says (...)

07-31-2019 ■ Burundi Media Regulator -CNC officially launched the issuance of a national press card this July 30. Journalists say these cards will allow them easy access to information sources. “More than 1,500 journalists submitted their applications for press cards to CNC. 772 of them working for 42 media outlets met (...)

07-30-2019 ■ On July 29th, Bujumbura Administrative Court has held again a public hearing of a trial opposing Bonesha FM radio and Burundi Media Regulator-CNC. In its decision of 23 July 2019, the Administrative Court of Bujumbura decided to reopen hearings on the case opposing Bonesha FM radio and CNC. The (...)

07-23-2019 ■ In the context of the third anniversary of the disappearance of Jean Bigirimana, Iwacu journalist on 22 July 2016, Human Rights Watch expresses its concerns over the press situation in Burundi. Iwacu offers below a copy of the opinion piece by Lewis Mudge, the Central Africa director at Human (...)

07-23-2019 ■ Jean Bigirimana, Iwacu journalist has gone missing since 22 July 2016. The newspaper and his family are still waiting for the results of the investigations conducted into his disappearance. “Jean Bigirimana was a journalist. His disappearance is a trauma for all of us”, says Léandre Sikuyavuga, Editor-in-chief of Iwacu (...)

07-17-2019 ■ The British Radio BBC decided this 16 July to permanently close its office in Burundi. It also suspended all its activities in the country. On its Twitter page, the BBC announced that “it closes its office in Burundi after “the failure of negotiations with the Burundian authorities”. This decision (...)