11-16-2018 ■ Burundian MPs have adopted on this November 15 a bill that Burundi government has to ratify regarding the protocol of the East African Community on peace and security. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister of Public Security explains that the protocol will allow EAC member states to collaborate in the arrest (...)

11-16-2018 ■ Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of the National Media Regulator-CNC, has said there is a need to promote the new law governing CNC as well as the press law which were promulgated in March and September 2018 respectively. “Media professionals were summoned to appear in court and their some news organizations (...)

11-15-2018 ■ While the world celebrates the Diabetes Day each 14 November, people suffering from diabetes in Burundi ask the government to help reduce the prices of the drugs. Adidja, a 49 year-old woman, says she was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 37. “I am obliged to have a special (...)

11-14-2018 ■ The ruling party CNDD-FDD celebrates the week dedicated to combatants to pay tribute to the brave fighters who died on the battlefield. During opening ceremonies which took place this November 12, 2018, the leaders of the party says it is a way of strengthening peace. Evariste Ndayishimiye, Secretary General (...)

11-14-2018 ■ Jean Claude Ndenzako, Spokesperson for President Pierre Nkurunziza says foreigners cannot hinder or advance the inter-Burundian dialogue. Only Burundians should discuss their matters, he said this after the visit of Smaël Chergui, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security to Burundi for two days. Smaël Chergui visited Burundi from 5 (...)

11-13-2018 ■ During the celebration of the Global Entrepreneurship Week which started on Monday, 12th November, Burundi entrepreneurs have agreed that this sector is developing in the country despite challenges. Aimé Igiraneza, project manager at Burundi Business Incubator (BBIN) says their organization has supported more than 10,000 people since its beginning (...)

11-13-2018 ■ MP Agathon Rwasa says his new political party ( National Liberty Front-FNL Amizero y’Abarundi) seeking to be approved hasn’t any similarity with any existing political party. “It is not at all identical in reality,” he has said after submitting a letter shedding light on the arguments advanced by the (...)

11-12-2018 ■ Pregnancy cases in schools threaten the education sector. It becomes hard when those who are responsible for those pregnancies are teachers. N.J has just returned to school after dropping out due to unwanted pregnancy. The person responsible for her pregnancy is her teacher, who was hired to give her (...)

11-09-2018 ■ “The Ministry of Health plans to launch the vaccination campaign against meningococcal meningitis strain A from 3 to 14 December throughout the country,” said Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Health in a press conference held on November 8. The last vaccination against this disease took place in 1992 and its (...)

11-09-2018 ■ The Ministry of the Interior has made public an answer to MP Rwasa’s request to create a new political party this November 8, 2018. It is rejected. Pascal Barandagiye, Minister of the Interior, says he could not agree to the request of MP Agathon Rwasa for the approval of (...)