05-09-2019 ■ Burundi Red Cross challenges the Burundian public opinion to understand that not all parks are to be built in. “Uncontrolled urbanization only leads to disasters as we see it today in the city of Bujumbura and elsewhere,” said Anselme Katiyunguruza, Executive secretary of Burundi Red Cross at a press (...)

05-09-2019 ■ President Pierre Nkurunziza met on May 7 in Mutaho commune of Gitega province in central Burundi, the administration, security, defense and justice officials to assess the prevailing security situation in the country. Jean Claude Karerwa Ndenzako, spokesman for the president says” his boss is satisfied with the current security (...)

05-08-2019 ■ Jean Claude Nshimirimana, a journalist of the national radio (RTNB), remains incarcerated since Sunday, May 5, in the police cell of Kabezi commune in Bujumbura province. The police arrested him accusing him of holding an illegal and clandestine meeting. Mr Nshimirimana was supposed to appear before the Bujumbura public (...)

05-08-2019 ■ On the occasion of the celebration of the World AIDS Orphans’ Day, Burundian AIDS orphans say they are faced with poverty. “My parents died of AIDS five years ago. My two little sisters and I live at our aunt’s house. She is poor and cannot afford school fees for (...)

05-07-2019 ■ The Burundi Muslim Community (COMIBU) calls for political tolerance for the 2020 elections to be free, peaceful, transparent and inclusive. “Politicians should avoid acts that undermine the physical integrity of human beings. They must also make remarks that strengthen social cohesion,” said Cheikh Sadiki Kajandi Abdallah, the representative of (...)

05-07-2019 ■ Over a hundred members of Twa community in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke province in the west of Burundi have held a sit-in in the morning of May 6 in front of Cibitoke prosecutor’s office. These members of the minority group in the country claim compensation for Dieudonné Bicimpaka, one (...)

05-06-2019 ■ After the clashes in Rukira locality in Butihinda Commune of Muyinga Province on April 20, the members of the opposition are filled with fear. They say they are intimidated, arrested, imprisoned, prevented from mourning for theirs, etc., what the administration and the police reject. Iwacu reporters arrived on the (...)

05-03-2019 ■ The Ministry of Communication and the Reporter Without Borders NGO appreciate differently the situation of freedom of the press in Burundi. “We reiterate the commitment of the ministry of communication to guarantee press freedom in accordance with the law in force” said Frédéric Nahimana, Minister of Communication, on the (...)

05-03-2019 ■ “32% of 1,420 journalists who have registered at Burundi media regulator-CNC to get the press card are women while the latter are represented at 14% in decision-making organs,” said the Association of Women Journalists- AFJO in a conference held on May 2nd with media officials. Diane Ndonse, AFJO chairperson, (...)

05-01-2019 ■ “The leader of the National Congress for Liberty-CNL feels deep dismay over a wave of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, threats of death, intimidation and violence of all kinds against our members and supporters across the country,” said Térence Manirambona, CNL Communication Officer in a press conference held on 30 (...)