02-28-2018 ■ The decision of Burundi government to revise the constitution has hampered economic development, Michel Kafando, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General to Burundi told 15 members of the UN Security Council on 26 February. He said the current political situation in Burundi is not suitable to conduct (...)

02-28-2018 ■ In a press conference held this Tuesday 27 February 2018, Burundi First Deputy President says the government still maintains its decision not to sign the European Union economic partnership agreements. Gaston Sindimwo says that after his return from the 19th summit of the EAC Heads of state that was (...)

02-27-2018 ■ Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI says 390,134 voters (8%) out of 5,000,742 registered people were computerized in three days. “Thanks to 207 installed computers, our data entry agents are rapidly computerizing registered people,” says Ndayicariye adding that CENI is waiting for 143 computers to (...)

02-27-2018 ■ A grenade was thrown on the main road commonly called ‘Kurya Kanyoni’ crossing Cibitoke Zone, north of the Burundian capital in the night of 25 February. On-site sources say three people were seriously wounded while one victim was slightly injured. The police and local administration say only three people (...)

02-27-2018 ■ In a note released on February 23, 2018, the International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH denounces the human right violations that prevail in Burundi due to the ongoing process of the constitutional referendum. “People, including minors were forced to register for vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum and 2020 elections,” (...)

02-26-2018 ■ The anti-corruption civil society organization “Transparency International” has recently released a report on the corruption perception index of the year 2017. This index ranked 180 countries and territories according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption. It uses a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is highly (...)

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 (...)