07-22-2016 ■ A bus driver was beaten up and then jailed for hitting a pick-up of the Minister of Public Security’s guard on Thursday 14 July. The victim’s family is surprised by such a treatment for a mere traffic accident. “Cars collided in the roundabout opposite the former Novotel Hotel. The (...)

07-21-2016 ■ Chinese Exim bank granted a $ 7.6 billion loan to Tanzania for the construction of a railway this Wednesday, July 20 to facilitate and boost trade relations between Tanzania and its neighboring landlocked countries including Burundi. The Tanzanian presidency confirms the loan was obtained from China’s Exim Bank. “Tanzania (...)

07-20-2016 ■ “We decided not to participate in the Executive Council and the Conference of Heads of States for two reasons”, explained Alain -Aimé Nyamitwe, the head of the Burundian diplomacy. The first reason he gave is that Burundi wanted to give a message to the African Union Commission that is (...)

07-20-2016 ■ The Burundian Minister of Public Security presented a quarterly report on Burundi security situation in the afternoon of July 19th. He said that it is generally positive. Minister Bunyoni provided up-to-date information on ongoing investigations over the assassination of the late Hafsa Mossi, member the East African Legislative Assembly. (...)

07-19-2016 ■ All the three candidates on the list did not obtain the two-thirds of votes required to chair the AU. The elections are therefore postponed. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma remains the chairperson till next January. Elections took place last Monday morning in Kigali on the last day of the summit (...)

07-19-2016 ■ The second round of the inter-Burundian dialogue recently held in Arusha was a success despite some reported irregularities. Opposition and civil society representatives deplore the lack of willingness on the part of the Government of Burundi to find out solutions to the current Burundi crisis, while the latter declares (...)

07-19-2016 ■ According to testimonies, the victim is called Bède Havyarimana, he was shot dead by armed individuals in the night of 18 July around 21h. The incident occurred at Bwiza, the center of Bujumbura nearby the bar commonly called “Nyabisumo, 5th Avenue”. That armed group broke into the property and (...)

07-19-2016 ■ After the killing of the East African Legislative Assembly MP that occurred on the 13 July, Iwacu would like to inform again about this crime and the career of the former outstanding journalist and minister. By Abbas Mbazumutima, Christian Bigirimana, Fabrice Manirakiza translated by Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana, Innocent Habonimana, (...)

07-19-2016 ■ The UN Security Council plans to analyse this Monday 18 July a draft of a resolution introduced by France on the dispatching of 228 police officers to Burundi to be deployed all over the territory. There is a possibility of modifying the mission of that contingent in case of (...)

11-02-2015 ■ An inclusive inter- Burundian dialogue, which responds in part, to the demands of the international community , a willingness to extradite certain ” dialogue attendees ” a disagreement with the mediation … Will Bujumbura keep its promises ? By Elyse Ngabire, Rénovat Ndabashinze and Edouard Madirisha translated by Diane (...)