12-21-2018 ■ Gabriel Rufyiri chairman of OLUCOME, a local corruption watchdog, says there will be consequences for the country and Burundians if Burundi withdraws from the East African Community -EAC. “With the integration into the EAC, Burundi has benefited from the free movement of people and goods within the community,” he (...)

12-17-2018 ■ In a direct letter that the Ugandan President sent to his Burundian counterpart, he judges incorrect the way Bujumbura imposes itself both as the judge and jury in the crisis that Burundi has been going through. “M7, as he is often called, took his time. In a long letter (...)

12-14-2018 ■ After a meeting with different presidents of commissions and councils of human rights operating in Burundi this 13 December 2018, Burundi Ombudsman has said he is concerned about the recent exchange of letters between the presidents of Uganda and Burundi. Edouard Nduwimana, Burundi Ombudsman, says the president of Uganda (...)

12-11-2018 ■ Stany Ntakarutimana, the representative of the supporters of the political leader Agathon Rwasa in Nyabihanga Commune, Valentin Nzeyimana, Rwasa supporter and Dative Ntabomfise, the wife of the former administrator of Nyabihanga have been detained since yesterday in the cell of the communal police station. Source on the sport reports (...)

12-10-2018 ■ An arrest warrant has been issued against Former Burundi President Pierre Buyoya and sixteen former senior military officials and civilians. They would be involved in the assassination of President Ndadaye. Buyoya denounces a political manoeuvre. The case was most commented on by Burundians. The Attorney General of the Republic (...)

12-08-2018 ■ Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza sent on 4 December to his counterpart president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Ugandan president and also facilitator in Burundi conflict a letter asking him to convene an extraordinary EAC Heads of State summit whose agenda will be to settle the conflict between Burundi and Rwanda. President (...)

12-07-2018 ■ During the handover of responsibilities from the old to the new team of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR, the new president of the commission has promised to go by the book. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, new president of CVR, has said the newly appointed commission will work according to the (...)

12-07-2018 ■ The federation of associations engaged in the defense of child rights-FENADED is concerned about the future of children whose mother was killed by her spouse, a police officer while his role is to protect people. “FENADED condemns this heinous crime that took away a life of an innocent person (...)

12-06-2018 ■ In a statement released on December 5, Burundi National Assembly rejects the arguments put forward by Faki Mahamat Moussa, chairman of the African Union commission who sees the reopening of the case on the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye as an act that could undermine national unity and hinder (...)

12-04-2018 ■ After the Attorney General of the Republic reopened the case on the assassination of President Ndadaye, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, former Burundi President appeals to Burundians not to speculate on the case. The Attorney General of the Republic, Sylvestre Nyandwi, issued on November 30, international arrest warrants against 17 Burundians involved (...)