05-29-2018 ■ The East African Court of Justice announced that it would have to reexamine a case about President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term this May 24, 2018. Nestor Kayobera, lawyer of Burundi government, says the latter is ready to go to court and is optimistic that it will win the case (...)

05-29-2018 ■ Following the 17 May Constitutional referendum, CNARED executive board members met from 25th to 27th May to discuss the strategies for restoring the Arusha Agreement and of the 2005 Constitution. Pancrace Cimpaye, Spokesperson for CNARED says the platform has changed its appellation and extended the term in office. “Instead (...)

05-29-2018 ■ The National Commission for Lands and other Properties (CNTB) has handed over a three-ha-property located in Kinyinya III, Rukaramu zone of Mutimbuzi Commune in Bujumbura province, to the descendants of Gahinga Issa represented by Bambarukontari Alexis this May 28, 2018. Samuel Nduwingoma, former owner, was absent. Dieudonné Mbonimpa, Spokesman (...)

05-28-2018 ■ The opposition coalition “Amizero y’Abarundi” filed on Thursday 24 May 2018, a complaint to the Constitutional Court against serious irregularities occurred in the referendum and requested the court to invalidate the results. After the political battle, the clash erupts on the legal ground. The coalition wants to exhaust all (...)

05-28-2018 ■ On May 24, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Burundi, Michel Kafando, called on Burundians to continue the inclusive dialogue after the disputed referendum to find lasting solutions to the current crisis. Some politicians think elections should be the priority instead. Abel Gashatsi, UPRONA party Chairman, says the countries (...)

05-27-2018 ■ By Antoine Kaburahe and Jean-François Bastin* Ever since 2015, polls in Burundi have been manipulated by a regime desperate to get out of the political quagmire it brought about. Each and every time, it completely failed. The constitutional referendum of May 17 has just, once again, proven this fact. (...)

05-25-2018 ■ On some avenues of Bwiza zone, in central Bujumbura, there are uncovered septic tanks that often cause accidents. Some residents of the Bwiza area fear for their road safety. On the 4th avenue of the zone, near the office of Bwiza zone, there are two uncovered holes in the (...)

05-25-2018 ■ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) will soon begin the process of analyzing, classifying and defining the alleged perpetrators’ crimes. Some people fear there may not be enough clarifications. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, the former President of the Republic of Burundi, says CVR will have difficulties to know the truth about (...)

05-24-2018 ■ Emmanuel Nengo, Legal Representative of the Union for Batwa Promotion in Burundi-UNIPROBA says Batwa community is threatened these days. He refers to the last killing of Désiré Kubwami, aged 30, from Muhweza hill in Buhiga Commune of Karuzi Province killed on 18 May, one day after the referendum. “We (...)

05-24-2018 ■ On May 4, 2018, the National Media Regulatory Authority (CNC) took a decision to suspend the advertisement section of the national newspaper “Le Renouveau” for a period of three months. The sanction has just been lifted three weeks later. In a press conference held this Wednesday 23rd May 2018, (...)