10-02-2019 ■ On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Older Persons, those from Burundi say they don’t have access to health care due to the lack of means. They ask the government to implement free health care policy for older persons. “I live with my little grandchild. (...)

09-27-2019 ■ On the occasion of the World Contraception Day on September 26th, health officials say Burundians hardly adhere to the use of contraception methods. According to a demographic health survey conducted in 2016-2017, the results reveal that 29% of women adhere to the contraception methods. Dr. Juma Ndereye, Director of (...)

09-26-2019 ■ Two families in Raro locality in Nyabiraba commune of Bujumbura province say they have intense fear after a group of people who destroyed their banana plantations this Monday, September 23rd have promised to kill them when they come back. At 3 p.m. in Raro locality in Nyabiraba commune, young (...)

09-26-2019 ■ Mugara II Basic School of Rumonge province in the south of Burundi faces severe lack of school equipment. Classrooms of the1st and 2nd grades do not have writing desks. Schoolchildren sit on the stones or on the ground covered with dust when studying while in other classrooms, four pupils (...)

09-25-2019 ■   Despite the spread of cholera disease in Bujumbura city, illegal dumps are observed in some neighborhoods of Bujumbura city, particularly in Buyenzi. Residents fear to contract cholera. A huge pile of various kinds of waste overlooks the 8th Avenue of Buyenzi area of ​​Mukaza commune in central Bujumbura. (...)

09-25-2019 ■ At Mugongo-Manga commune in Bujumbura province, a lady is in a critical situation after being beaten in the night of Sunday, September 22nd. She accuses the communal administrator of beating her. At 11 a.m. at Ijenda Hospital in Mugongo-Manga commune. Yvette Iradukunda, 26, is in a critical situation. She (...)

09-25-2019 ■ On the occasion of the celebration of the World Heart Day on 29 September, heart specialist doctors call on people to change their lifestyle as heart disease is the main leading cause of death throughout the world. Constantin Nyamuzangura, Heart Specialist and Chairman of the Burundian Cardiology Society, says (...)

09-24-2019 ■ On this September 23rd, students from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Burundi have started a strike as they protest against arrests and expulsions of their colleagues since the past few days. At 10 a.m. at Hope Africa University in the north of Bujumbura city, Congolese students living on (...)

09-20-2019 ■ While signing a funding agreement with the Ministry of Finances, Budget and Economic Development this September 19th, the Operation Director of World Bank for Burundi has said $30 million will fund the project “Childhood and demographic control” called Nkuriza in Burundi. “This fund expresses the will of the World (...)

09-19-2019 ■ At a workshop on access to inclusive education for people living with disabilities, these latter say they are faced with social and school discrimination along with lack of materials and infrastructures in Burundi. “We are sometimes frightened to death because of our skin color,” says Moise Nkengurutse, Chairman of (...)