08-06-2018 ■ Tanzanian authorities conducted a massive campaign to incite Burundian refugees to return home. The latter fear an imminent “forced” repatriation. Several organizations pull the emergency cord. Speeches and acts of Tanzanian high authorities that sound like threats to Burundian refugees. Their speeches are about peace and security in Burundi. (...)

08-02-2018 ■ The upper chamber of parliament has opened the second session of its activities this August 1, 2018. Among the items on the agenda, there is the inquiry about ethnic quota on staff recruitment by foreign NGOs. Members of the senate plan to invite a government representative to give clarifications (...)

08-02-2018 ■ The Burundi Ministry of the Interior plans to hold a dialogue session with political leaders on 3 August in Kayanza Province, northern Burundi. Térence Ntahiraja, the assistant to the Minister of the Interior says the purpose of the session will be to discuss the road map to the 2020 (...)

08-01-2018 ■ “The Anti-Corruption Court and the General Prosecutor’s Office at the same court recovered over BIF 980 million in the first half of 2018,” said Alphonsine Ndizeye, spokesperson for the Anti-Corruption Court when she presented the report of the first half of the year on Monday, July 30. “The Anti-Corruption (...)

08-01-2018 ■ After Burundian refugees in Tanzania expressed their fear about forced repatriation and worries about Burundi government collaboration with Tanzania, the interior ministry rejects the accusation. Térence Ntahiraja, Assistant to the Interior Minister, says Burundi is not informed about the case of forced repatriation of Burundian refugees living in Tanzania. (...)

07-31-2018 ■ Burundian refugees from Mutenderi, Nduta and Nyarugusi refugee camps in Tanzania are gripped with fear of being forcibly repatriated. They accuse Tanzanian authorities of intimidating and forcing them to return to Burundi. Some refugees, however, says that they are not ready to return to Burundi. Last week, Emmanuel Maganga, (...)

07-30-2018 ■ Kigali accuses its neighbor of serving as a breeding ground for armed groups behind attacks which were carried out in some Rwandan localities bordering Burundi. Bujumbura denies accusations. The hatchet is far from being buried. The population living near the border with Rwanda report that there is a military (...)

07-27-2018 ■ Some Muslim families in the town of Gitega complain about the arrests made by the police against some women a week ago. They were accused of illegally going to Gulf countries. Some Muslim families in the neighborhoods of Gitega town say they are persecuted in their own country. The (...)

07-27-2018 ■ Six Noncommissioned Officer Candidates and 24 soldiers from Cibitoke Province were expelled on 20 July from military training taking place in Bururi Province in southern Burundi since 14 July 2018. They say they are victims of the region from which they come. More than 80 military candidates were selected (...)

07-26-2018 ■ At a press conference held this July 25, the chairman of PARCEM accuses some members of Burundi government of illegally accumulating wealth. Faustin Ndikumana, chairman of PARCEM, a local NGO involved in changing people’s mindset, says government members ignore legal texts that oblige them to display their wealth at (...)