02-16-2018 ■ After three days of debates, participants urge the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation-CVR to set a framework for dialogue between politicians and agents of security forces. Bishop Jean Louis Nahimana, the chairman of the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation says the framework will allow the participants to (...)

02-16-2018 ■ “Reaching an AIDS Free Generation (RAFG) in Burundi” is a project launched this February 15, 2018 by the ministry of health in partnership with USA Embassy in Bujumbura. It will be implemented by Family Health Initiative 360. Clément Niyonsaba, Country Representative of Family Health Initiative, says the new project (...)

02-15-2018 ■ In a communiqué released this Wednesday February 14, the National Council for Arusha Agreement Respect and Rule of Law-CNARED, an opposition platform in exile, deplores Burundi authorities’ behaviour to force people to register for constitutional referendum and 2020 elections. Pancrace Cimpaye, Spokesperson for this platform says people have not (...)

02-15-2018 ■ Cries, insults, frustration …are what characterized the morning atmosphere of traders at Kinama newly rehabilitated market in the capital Bujumbura this 14 February. Since the six rehabilitated markets were reopened to traders, those from Kinama neighbourhood were allowed to get into the market by 13 February. Traders surprisingly discovered (...)

02-14-2018 ■ 56% of predictable voters have already registered for the upcoming constitutional referendum and 2020 elections. This was said by the chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI in a press conference held this Tuesday 13 February. He says the commission is satisfied with the results of the ongoing registration. (...)

02-14-2018 ■ The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation-CVR has met politicians and security forces’ officers to discuss the risk of memories’ manipulation that causes cyclical crises. The chairman of CVR says Burundians need to overcome the cyclical crises that have erupted since 1972 and restore peace and unity among them. (...)

02-13-2018 ■ It is around 11 am. On the 5th day of the registration of voters in the referendum vote scheduled in May 2018, the voters in the capital Bujumbura have come in dribs and drabs. Sandrine Hatangimana, supervisor at “ECOFO Gihosha” registration center in Ntahangwa Commune of the capital Bujumbura (...)

02-13-2018 ■ From ignorance to lack of medicine, epileptic people struggle to live in Burundi society. Jean Pierre Nshimirimana, the legal representative of the Center of Action Against Epilepsy – APLE, says most of Burundians ignore that epilepsy can be treated by modern doctors as the disease is often confused with (...)

02-12-2018 ■ 23 youth led associations have, this Saturday 10 February, planted 6,000 grevillea trees on Sororezo hill in the northern part of Bujumbura city. They joined together in an initiative called “Dusharize Uburundi” in the same spirit of the environment protection. Jadot Nkurunziza, a young environmental activist and representative of (...)

02-12-2018 ■ The Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights-CNIDH deplores the cruel treatment that some parents or neighbors give to children who are caught trying to steal in the fields because they are hungry. During the press conference that was held this 9 February, Jean Baptiste Baribonekeza has said (...)