10-24-2014 ■ The President signed a decree withdrawing BIF 7,400 million from the budget and transferring it to the 2015 election process. The decree was signed on August 30, but was not made public until last week.-J.Berchmans Siboniyo Complaints and consternation fill the hearts of the beneficiaries. Cecile Ntahondereye, the Headmistress (...)

10-20-2014 ■ Is the instrument adopted by the African Union to improve the quality of governance across the continent actually working? Yarik Turianskyi and Steven Gruzd look at what the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, civil society’s most important assessment of standards of governance, says. Does being an active member of (...)

10-18-2014 ■ The Regulation Authority and Insurance Control (ARCA) has organized a three day workshop from 15 to 17 October 2014 on popularizing the new insurance code in Burundi.-By Diane Uwimana “It is no longer only car owners who insure their cars. Six other products are added ”, says Venant Kamana, (...)

10-17-2014 ■ Ugandahosted the East African Local Authorities Sports and Culture Association (EALASCA)from 28th September to 5thOctober 2014 in Kampala.–By Yves Didier Irakoze The main objective of EALASCA is to reinforce friendship between City Councils in the region and to share cultures and customs. Phocas Mpezindagano, Cultural and Socio-sportive Counselor in (...)

10-16-2014 ■ The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) confirms that a Burundian army detachment is present in the East of the DRC, at Kiliba Ondes in South Kivu. Lambert Mende, the Minister of Communications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, refers to the operation as (...)

10-14-2014 ■ Burundi has joined the world in celebrating the International Day of Tourism on 27 September. The Interim Director General of the National Tourism Office (ONT), Christophe Ndikubwayo, indicates that tourism in Burundi is improving considerably, even though it is still lagging behind other EAC countries.  An Interview -By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse (...)

10-09-2014 ■ Five young Burundians have been arrested and accused of participating in a rebel movement formed by Burundian opposition parties, operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are detained in Buganda Communal prison.-Jackson Bahati; translated by Lorraine Josiane Manishatse According to the police officer who is investigating (...)

10-08-2014 ■ The deadline for signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the East African Community passed on Wednesday October 1st, without an approved contract.–Yves Didier Irakoze and Jojanneke Spoor Despite news reports that the EAC had signed the EPA ahead of the deadline, an EU representative (...)

10-05-2014 ■ In February 2014, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya began to use a single tourist visa that allows tourists to travel freely between their countries. By the end of 2014, the other EAC partner states must finish all formalities in order to join. Burundi is still working on it.-Diane Uwimana The (...)

10-02-2014 ■ After a first ‘crazy person’ is arrested and later released as suspect in the assassination of the Italian Nuns, another mentally disabled person is apprehended. This affair is filled with inconsistencies. – By Edouard Madirisha; translated by Yves Didier Irakoze The primary suspect of the triple assassinations, Christian Claude (...)