11-03-2014 ■ Tensions are high in the Malawi capital following the murder of a Malawian national at the hands of a Burundian refugee. The 40 year old suspect runs a business in atownshipof Lilongwe. On Sunday night the victim came to have a beer and left without settling the bill of (...)

10-29-2014 ■  Déo Barakekenwa , also known as ‘Murundi’, the representative of the National Forces of Liberation (FNL) political party at Kiyange 1 (Gatumba area) was shot dead on 13 October. His close companions can identify his murderers.Is Murundi the first FNL victim since the Imbonerakure returned from Congo?-By Elyse Ngabire, (...)

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, (...)

10-16-2014 ■ 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 (...)

10-09-2014 ■ 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 (...)

10-02-2014 ■ 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 (...)

09-24-2014 ■ Lucia Pulici (75), Olga Raschietti (82) and Bernadette Boggian (79), three Italian nuns of the Xaverian congregation were killed in the Kamenge parish on Sunday 7th and Monday 8th September. The police report the apprehension of the suspected killer: a mentally ill young man.-By Christian Bigirimana. Translated from French (...)

09-22-2014 ■ They had been living in Burundi since 2007, after many years of service in the DRC. Loved and admired, Sr. Bernadette, Olga and Lucia leave many orphans and tears in the community behind them.-By Nadine Sahabo, translated from French by J.BerchmansSiboniyo Sr. Bernadette Boggian. “ Optimistic” When she learned (...)

09-22-2014 ■ Col. Helmenegilde Harimeshi, the police spokesman, announced the arrest of the suspected killer during a press briefing on Tuesday September 9th.-By C.B and E.N translated from French by J.Berchmans Siboniyo Some hours after the murders, the police announce that the killer is caught. Media are called to see the (...)

06-09-2014 ■ This 16 year- young boy was burnt by his employer for letting his bicycle be stolen.-By Diane Uwimana It is unbelievable. Who on earth would do this for a young child while he/she is a parent! His left forearm was burnt. Imagine! How it is painful to be burnt (...)