03-04-2017 ■ Inhabitants of Carama, Kanga, Kinama and Gatunguru areas in the capital Bujumbura were awoken by flood that invaded their homes in the night of 2 to 3 March 2017. Officials from the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Public Works and the local administration visited the areas to determine (...)

03-02-2017 ■ About 2000 people who were forcibly ejected from Kagaragara locality in Gihanga Commune of Bubanza western Province since a few days ago, haven’t received any assistance so far. They say they live in very bad conditions. “We have not received any assistance since the administration’s decision to evict us (...)

03-01-2017 ■ On 27 February 2017, Burundi Government announced the new law on the granting of scholarship in public universities. Students call for the suspension of the decision arguing that it will be to their disadvantage. As defined in the new law, scholarship loan is a financial assistance granted by the (...)

02-27-2017 ■ The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started distributing agricultural inputs to 31,000 households of farmers threatened by climate change. The inputs include bean and vegetable seeds, chemical fertilizers, sweet potato cuttings and, in some cases, hoes for the 2017 second growing season. Burundi is under an alarmingly growing (...)

02-23-2017 ■ “From 2015 to 2016, the number of people suffering from malaria has increased in Burundi. However, the number of sick people has decreased of 20% at the beginning of 2017”, says Josiane Nijimbere, Burundi Public Health Minister, during the plenary session in the National Assembly, this 23 February. She (...)

02-22-2017 ■ The civil war that followed the assassination of the first democratically elected Melchior Ndadaye in 1993 caused many Burundians to be internally displaced. Many camps are still open till today even though the war was completely brought to an end in 2008 when the last rebel group, FNL, signed (...)

02-22-2017 ■ The administration of Bubanza western province of Burundi has thrown out more than 2000 people from Kagaragara locality of Buringa Commune on the grounds of security and preservation of the protected areas. They say they do not know where to go to and call for humanitarian assistance. “The police (...)

02-22-2017 ■ Some Burundian girls who work in Oman say they face difficulties in returning to work when they come to spend their holidays in the country. “I went to Oman to look for work. I was living in Buyenzi neighborhood on 25th Avenue in central Bujumbura. I arrived in Oman (...)

02-21-2017 ■ “Any young man who wants to marry must first have a house covered with sheet metals”, said Tharcisse Niyongabo, Governor of Bubanza western Province, on 18 February during a security meeting. He said that no application for marriage in the registry office in Bubanza province will be accepted unless (...)

02-21-2017 ■ This Monday, 20 February 2017, Déo Guide Rurema, Burundi Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, has announced a number of measures taken to contain bird flu in the country. Among the measures that have been taken by the ministry of agriculture and livestock is the suspension of the movement of (...)