04-03-2018 ■ Two people were killed and 14 others wounded in a grenade attack that occurred in the night of 1 April, in a bar on Rugari-Gitamo hill, known as Ceru in Gitega Commune, in Gitega Central province. Sources on the ground report that several people were sharing a drink when (...)

04-03-2018 ■ The provisional lists of all registered voters throughout the country will be published from 3 to 6 April. Annonciate Niyonkuru, Deputy Chairperson of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI says the commission’s agents in charge of posting lists are deployed in different registration offices to facilitate the verification task from (...)

04-02-2018 ■ The opposition platform in exile calls on Burundians to boycott the constitutional referendum. Lack of realism for some people. “Boycott” is the instruction launched by CNARED in a statement released in the evening of last Wednesday. In concrete terms, it is not a question of participating in the referendum (...)

04-02-2018 ■ In the presentation of the 2018 first quarterly achievements by the Ministry of Human Rights, Social Affairs and Gender, action plans were executed at 90% while government action plans were carried out at 92, 3% compared with the expected activities . Martin Nivyabandi, Minister of Human Rights, Social Affairs (...)

03-30-2018 ■ “We have recorded nine cases of girls, victims of sexual violence leading to their death or injury since June 2017,” reads a statement issued on 29 March by the Burundian National Federation of Child Rights Organizations (FENADEB). The majority of victims are students of secondary school, according to the (...)

03-30-2018 ■ Effective measures have been taken so as to boost the performance of coffee companies during the 2018-2019 campaign. This was said by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, this Thursday, March 29, during a press conference on the preparation of coffee season. “Transit centers are prohibited in the areas (...)

03-30-2018 ■ The tripartite meeting composed of Burundian and Tanzanian governments as well as UNHCR held in Bujumbura from 26 to 28 March concluded that almost 72.000 Burundian refugees will be voluntarily repatriated by 2018. “There will be two convoys of 1,000 refugees each from 5 April to 31 December 2018,” (...)

03-30-2018 ■ Following the meeting held from 22 to 26 March in Belgium, the executive leaders of the opposition in exile-CNARED believe that stopping the referendum process and considering the supremacy of the Arusha Agreement should be prerequisites. “CNARED is willing to participate in the inter-Burundian dialogue sessions as a last (...)

03-29-2018 ■ Rural women are most of the time left behind in technology usage and innovation while they can contribute to the country’s development. This was said by Jennet Kem, UN women representative in Burundi during a symposium about rural women empowerment this 28 March 2018. “Less than 12% of women (...)

03-29-2018 ■ Georges Nikiza, Spokesperson for the opposition coalition- National Rally for Change-RANAC says its members are illegally detained these days. He refers to the recent case of Daniel Manirakiza, RANAC representative in Muramvya Province arrested on 27 March. “He was with other representatives of the coalition from Mwaro, Gitega and (...)