11-02-2017 ■ On 2 November, Burundi joins the world in celebrating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Some Burundian journalists say they lack a forum where they can talk about the problems they are often faced with. “It’s a big challenge that we do not have a (...)

11-01-2017 ■ This Saturday October 28, 7 houses from Kuruyange site were destroyed by the Administrator of Rugazi commune. The later urged other 34 families to leave the place within two weeks. The representative of the displaced people appeals to a good Samaritan to plead for their course. Kuruyange site shelters (...)

11-01-2017 ■ The East African Community (EAC) and Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) in collaboration with the World Bank will meet on 2 and 3 November .The aim will be to look into how the project on Lake Tanganyika Transport Program should be supported. The World Bank has committed (...)

10-31-2017 ■ Former Burundi President suggests that a unique monument be constructed to commemorate the death of all victims of crimes committed in Burundi. Discriminatory commemoration is the result of lack of dialogue, he says. Since Burundi’s independence, the country has experienced mass killings, wars and cycles of violence. Survivors of (...)

10-31-2017 ■ There has been a significant decrease in exchange rate of foreign currencies like the US dollar and Euro since Monday 30 October. People wonder if this is to last longer. In different foreign currency exchange offices operating in Bujumbura where Iwacu passed last Monday, a fall in prices of (...)

10-30-2017 ■ The Minister of Justice, Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, was this 30 October in the National Assembly to shed light on the penal code revision. She says some changes in the current penal code have to be made as it dates from 2009 in order to strengthen the repression of certain (...)

10-30-2017 ■ The deadline for Burundi’s total withdrawal from the International Criminal Court has arrived. Bujumbura rejoices while the families of the victims express disappointment. Bujumbura government exults as it is now done with the International Criminal Court, a sword of Damocles hanging over its head. Burundi decided to withdraw from (...)

10-27-2017 ■ The withdrawal of Burundi from the Statute of the International Criminal Court becomes effective since 27 October. ICC spokesperson says Burundi’s withdrawal does not affect the preliminary examination of the country’s situation by the court’s prosecutor. Burundi has today withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (...)

10-27-2017 ■ On 24 October, the cabinet met in its extraordinary session. The analysis of the report about the Constitution amendment was among the key topics on the agenda. Some Burundi politicians do not converge on its amendment. The government has authorized the commission to amend the constitution in the meeting (...)

10-26-2017 ■ On the second avenue of Musaga neighborhood in the southern part of the capital Bujumbura, on the right side, a ravine of Mpimba River represents a threat to people and infrastructures surrounding the locality. When it rains, the ravine banks becomes wider and wider. Sand bags have been packed (...)