03-20-2015 ■ Many voices have recently warned against Pierre Nkurunziza running for a third term as President of Burundi. The President’s supporters are not listening. The First Blow The first serious blow to the presidential ambitions of Pierre Nkurunziza came on 27 February 2015, and was made by David Gilmour, Deputy (...)

03-10-2015 ■ El Hadj Hussein Radjabu is no longer imprisoned at Mpimba Penitentiary Prison as of Monday 2nd March- By Philippe Ngendakumana translated by Diane Uwimana No smashed door, no sounds, no gunshots. His first escape attempt was a great success. The escape of the prisoner – sentenced for 13 years, (...)

03-02-2015 ■ Pictures of the mutilated young man went around social networks. Two terrible pictures: on one, he is tied up and alive. On the other, he lies on the ground. Killed. Aaron Manirampa is one of those young rebels coldly executed in Murwi Commune December 2014. Iwacu found his family (...)

02-20-2015 ■ The arrested rebels were executed by soldiers, policemen and Imbonerakure youth (the ruling party youth wing) during the fighting in Cibitoke Province, in December 2014. IWACU goes to the field.– By Christian Bigirimana and Dieudonné Hakizimana, translated by Diane Uwimana Six questions to understand 1. Have rebels been captured (...)

02-11-2015 ■ A list published by the communal administrator, reporting nine people “killed “during the fighting at Cibitoke, is becoming highly controversial and contested. Some families speak of a charge of lies others confirm the deaths despite not having seen the corpses.-By Christian Bigirimana and Dieudonné Hakizimana,Translated by Diane Uwimana A (...)

02-04-2015 ■ The rebels who carried out the attack in Cibitoke province in December 2014, affirm that they work as cow herders during the day and learn how to manage guns during the night. It is a cautionary story but the information doesn’t reveal their identity.-By Dieudonné Hakizimana and Christian Bigirimana, (...)

02-04-2015 ■ While other partner states already use the ID and the single tourist visa for travelling within the EAC, the Ministry in charge of EAC affairs confirms that the reliability of the Burundi ID will determine whether Burundi will join or not.-By Diane Uwimana “The Burundi ID is still unreliable, (...)

01-27-2015 ■ Some years ago, demonstrations were not allowed in Burundi. On 26 January 2015 a demonstration was carried out under full security in front of the African Public Radio station.-By J.Berchmans Siboniyo Three nuns, Olga, Lucia and Bernadette, were savagely killed at Guido Maria Conforti parish, on 7-8 September last (...)

01-26-2015 ■ On 22 January 2015, The Red Cross of Burundi (RCB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented a contingency plan to help with the 2015 election process.-By J.Berchmans Siboniyo “We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. We have written a contingency plan to prevent probable violence from (...)

01-22-2015 ■ The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) joined forces to expel or neutralize all the negative forces in DRC territory. The action has heavy consequences in neighboring countries and on the economic blocs of the region, an expert (...)