01-26-2018 ■ More than 4460 Congolese refugees have arrived since Wednesday night in Rumonge commune, in the south of Burundi. They flee confrontations between Mayi Mayi yakutumba rebel movement and the Congolese army-FARDC in South Kivu. This Friday 26 January 2018, humanitarian organisations rushed to assist them. “The situation is alarming, (...)

01-26-2018 ■ Ministers of Home Affairs, Public work and Finance have met the leaders of Burundi employees’ unions to talk about the contribution process to 2020 elections. Tharcisse Gahungu, Chairman of the Confederation of Burundi Employees’ unions (COSYBU) says they have raised their concerns related to the procedures used to collect (...)

01-25-2018 ■ In the statement released on 24 January, the EAC Court says it rejected the application filed by suspended non-profit civil society organizations for interim orders against the Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi and the Secretary General of the East African Community-EAC. The application is related to the (...)

01-25-2018 ■ The secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Sindiso Ngwenya has arrived this 24 January in Bujumbura to evaluate how far Burundi is with the preparation of the summit. “We come to finalize everything related to the hosting of COMESA summit scheduled from 18 (...)

01-24-2018 ■ Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of UPRONA party says it is not easy to have an identification card following the increase in its price. “Our followers complained that they must pay an amount estimated between BIF 6,000 and BIF 10,000 to have an ID instead of BIF 500. Local administrative officials (...)

01-22-2018 ■ Those young people are from Burundi, DRC and Rwanda. They network for the development of the Great Lakes region by promoting entrepreneurial initiatives of young people. According to them, it is difficult to achieve their goal as long as the principles of a free and open market society are (...)

01-22-2018 ■ 36 unions and the parliamentary group from Amizero y’Abarundi coalition have protested against the withdrawal of money from workers’ salary to contribute to the elections in 2020. They denounce the use of force. Voices are raised to challenge the joint order of the Ministers of the Interior and Finance (...)

01-19-2018 ■ Burundi has filed a complaint against EAC secretariat this 17 January 2018. In a legal file “The Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi vs. The Secretary General of the East African Community, Reference No2 of 2018”, Burundi asks EAC court to refer to the law and answer their (...)

01-18-2018 ■ In a correspondence addressed to the Speaker of the National Assembly, a group of 25 MPs of the Independent coalition “Amizero y’Abarundi” consider the process of collecting the contribution to 2020 elections as unclear and illegal. “We cannot support a process that violates the law”, reads the correspondence. They (...)

01-18-2018 ■ Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), launched on 16 January, the registration of voters from Bujumbura City and Bujumbura Province in the constitutional referendum scheduled for May 2018. He said this operation consists of drawing up a list of polling stations and registration offices. (...)