02-26-2018 ■ The National Independent Electoral commission-CENI continues its process. After what it qualifies as massive registration of voters, the appointment by May is maintained. The National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI has announced proudly that the bet has been successful. Its boss, Pierre Claver Ndayicariye enthusiastically speaks about a “massive registration of (...)

02-25-2018 ■ The 19th ordinary summit of the East African Community Heads of State held last week in Kampala has led to some conclusions among which the representation of the community by two deputy secretary generals instead of five. The summit decided that there shall be only be two deputy secretary (...)

02-23-2018 ■ Thomas Ntimpirangeza, President of Gitega Court of Appeal and Prime Habiyambere, a judge working for the same institution were arrested on February 21, 2018 under the order of the public prosecutor. Sylvestre Nyandwi, Attorney General, says they were arrested for investigation into corruption allegations. “They were arrested after the (...)

02-23-2018 ■ Burundi Geographical Institute – IGEBU indicates that the weather forecast for March-April-May (MAM) 2018 is promising. It says a large part of the country is likely to have, in general, normal precipitation that will be mainly characterized by the evolution of the global temperature of the sea surface. Augustin (...)

02-22-2018 ■ The statement made by the government of Burundi this Wednesday 21 February says the figures advanced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are exaggerated and have not been compiled in collaboration with the ministries directly concerned by humanitarian issues. Those ministries are that (...)

02-22-2018 ■ Members of SYNAPA Union at Kamenge Neuropsychiatric Center have begun a three-day strike this 21 February. Mental patients say they fall victim of the situation. In the morning of this Wednesday at Kamenge Neuropsychiatric Center- CNPK, the only center which treats mental patients in Burundi located in the north (...)

02-21-2018 ■ H.E. Dr. Eng. Seleshi Bekele, Minster of Water, Irrigation and Electricity of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Ethiopia is hosting the 2018 Regional Nile Day Celebration in commemoration of the establishment of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) on February 22, 1999 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participants (...)

02-21-2018 ■ Faustin Ndikumana, Chairman of PARCEM, a local NGO involved in the changing of people’s mentality, says some major irregularities are still uncovered since the announcement of the contribution to the 2020 elections. “There are some unclear points that need to be clarified for the success of the contribution process. (...)

02-21-2018 ■ While the president of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI has reported the voters’ registration records at 112, 01 %, politicians from CNARED, the coalition of the opposition parties in exile qualify them as false and ambiguous. Pancrace Cimpaye, CNARED spokesman, says these records are not true and show how (...)

02-20-2018 ■ Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission, says 5,008,742 people including 2,382,388 men and 2,618,354 women have registered for the Constitutional amendment scheduled for May 2018 and 2020 elections. “It’s a great record in ten days. The figures i.e. 112, 01% are superior to the expected (...)