11-29-2017 ■ The National Council for the Arusha Agreement Respect and Rule of Law-CNARED, an opposition platform in exile, has just elected new members to the executive board in Belgium, this 28 November. The newly elected CNARED executive board says it plans to continue with its struggle for a negotiated solution (...)

11-28-2017 ■ The National Council for the Respect of the Arusha Agreement (CNARED), the main platform of Burundi opposition in exile, asks the facilitation to postpone the on-going dialogue. In a statement issued by CNARED on 27 November, Pancrace Cimpaye, CNARED spokesman, asks the facilitation to postpone the 4th session of (...)

11-28-2017 ■ As Arusha is hosting the 4th Inter-Burundian Dialogue Session since Monday 27 November, the facilitator in the Burundian conflict, William Benjamin Mkapa announced the program in the evening of the same day. It is expected that at the end of this round, participants will reach an agreement signed in (...)

11-27-2017 ■ Facilitation in the Burundian conflict is holding the 4th inter-Burundian dialogue session from November 26 to December 8 to try to resolve the crisis that Burundi has been experiencing since April 2015. Civil society organizations that have opposed the re-election of President Nkurunziza accuse the facilitation of being partial. (...)

11-27-2017 ■ The dialogue between the protagonists in the Burundian crisis is taking place in Arusha, Tanzania since this 27 November. This important session brings together participants from Burundi Government, former Presidents and Vice Presidents, political parties registered in Burundi, key political actors, civil society organizations, women, the youth, leaders from (...)

11-27-2017 ■ The facilitation office convened the 4th round of the inter-Burundian dialogue from 27 November to 8 December. The policy of the empty chair is no longer very popular. On 27 November, the next round of Arusha talks will start to find a way out of the crisis. A session (...)

11-23-2017 ■ Nyakabiga residents say criminals who beat up a young man yesterday night are members of the youth wing of the ruling CNDD-FDD (Imbonerakure). The representative of Imbonerakure in Nyakabiga neighborhood assures that these criminals will be seriously punished. Jean Berchmans Nduwayo was seriously beaten up yesterday night in Nyakabiga (...)

11-23-2017 ■ Following the upcoming session of the Inter-Burundian dialogue which will be held from 27 November to 7 December in Arusha, Faustin Ndikumana,Parcem Chairman says some important points must be discussed. “For instance, the Arusha Agreement which is the strong foundation of the country’s development must be protected”, he says. (...)

11-21-2017 ■ In a review of his mission over three months to the UN Security Council, Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary –General to Burundi, says the United Nations must continue its mission of good offices, alongside the sub-region, to help Burundi come out of the crisis despite persistent problems. (...)

11-21-2017 ■ Burundi ruling CNDD-FDD celebrates the week dedicated to combatants to pay tribute to the valiant fighters who died on the battlefield. The party’s leaders say Burundi got peace and democracy on 16 November 2003 when the rebel movement CNDD-FDD signed a global cease-fire with the transitional government of the (...)