01-30-2017 ■ In the morning of this Monday 30th January, a dead body was found in Ngagara neighborhood of Ntahangwa commune. The victim was identified as Dieudonné Nsengiyumva. “I woke up at 5:00am. When I went out of the gate I saw clothes near the fence. I approached and found it (...)

01-30-2017 ■ The AU Heads of State and Government are meeting for two days in the 28th ordinary session of the assembly from 30th to 31st January in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Burundi opposition calls on the attendees to urge the EAC Heads of state to find solutions to the Burundi crisis. « (...)

01-30-2017 ■ 568 detainees, including members of MSD party and protesters against the 3rd term, were released on Monday (23 January) from Mpimba Central Prison. The presidential pardon announced by Nkurunziza in his New Year’s speech concerns 2,500 prisoners. Some people speak of a more political measure than that of good (...)

01-27-2017 ■ The Governor of the Central Bank of Burundi announced on 24 January the repatriation of the foreign currencies resulting from the export of coffee, tea and mineral products. Exporters are concerned about the exchange rate from US$ to Burundi Francs given by the Central Bank. “Exporters will have to (...)

01-27-2017 ■ Burundian parliament has denounced the EU’s accusations of human rights violations in Burundi. Burundi government says it received with surprise and outrage the European parliament resolution on the situation in Burundi, spelling out a number of human rights violations. Philippe Nzobonariba, the spokesman for Burundi’s government, said there was (...)

01-26-2017 ■ Eleven young girls from Gitega central province and six others from Cibitoke western province are reported to have been sexually abused by two teachers from those provinces. A psychologist talks of an ignoble behavior that needs to be strongly discouraged in the society. In Buganda Commune of Cibitoke Province, (...)

01-26-2017 ■ Burundi army confirms reports of the death of Major Dieudonné Karashira shot last night 25 January in the Eastern Province of Cankuzo. The army spokesman, Gaspard Baratuza, says the officer was “accidently shot by a soldier on sentry duty”. He says the officer was checking soldiers on sentry duty. (...)

01-26-2017 ■ On Wednesday 25 January 2017, Roger Guy Gyslain Ntwengeye, Head of the financial Stability Service in Burundi Central Bank-BRB, has presented a report about the financial situation of the country from 2015 to date. The report mentions different threats to financial stability, mainly the non-payment by mortgagors and lack (...)

01-26-2017 ■ PARCEM, the local NGO aiming at awakening conscience and changing Burundians’ mentality is concerned about changes to be made in the Constitution. “We heard about the possible amendment of the Constitution. What matters most is what should or should not be changed. Article 299 of the Constitution does not (...)

01-25-2017 ■ In a press release of 25 January, the anti-corruption organization OLUCOME calls on Burundi government to reduce the fiscal measures imposed on taxpayers in order to fight hunger that affects the Burundian population. “Of over 3 millions of hungry Burundians, more than 1 million may die if they are (...)