01-25-2017 ■ Growing evidence suggests that the Basic Education system that was adopted in 2013 yields worse results than the system it came to replace. End term results of the first year of post-basic education of the new system show that students who came from the old system have performed better (...)

01-25-2017 ■ They have been arrested this 25 January. Five were arrested and handed over to the police in the early morning of 24 January following heavy gunshots heard in the night of 23 January near the Mukoni military camp, north eastern Muyinga Province. “The suspects in the robbery attempt include (...)

01-25-2017 ■ “We have just spent almost four days without electricity in our neighborhood especially during day time, and when it is provided, it’s just for 30minutes or one hour”, said a welder met in Bwiza neighborhood of Mukaza commune in the capital Bujumbura. The electricity shortage mostly affects vendors of (...)

01-24-2017 ■ Sounds of gunshots were heard in the night of 23 January near the Mukoni military camp, north eastern Muyinga Province. The inhabitants speak of an attack on Mukoni military camp. The army spokesman said thieves were trying to steal in surrounding households but were intercepted by soldiers who were (...)

01-24-2017 ■ The term of CNARED Executive Board ends its term this 25 January. Some activities have been made according to the assessment by the Executive Board. Anicet Niyonkuru, Executive Secretary to the National Council for the Restoration of the Arusha Agreement and the State of law-CNARED says several activities have (...)

01-24-2017 ■ Leaders of the opposition platform CNARED, civil rights organisations and the Burundi diaspora opposed to President Nkurunziza’s “anti-constitutional” third term met in Belgium from 20 to 22 January. The aim of the gathering was to “decide on the strategy to harmonize the fight for the restoration of the Rule (...)

01-24-2017 ■ The swearing-in ceremony of Senator Célestin Ndayizeye as the new Minister of Water, Environment and Urban Planning has taken place in the Burundi National Assembly this Thursday 24 January 2017. Senator Ndayizeye was appointed by a presidential decree No. 100 of 23 January 2017. He replaces the late Emmanuel (...)

01-24-2017 ■ 568 prisoners have been granted a presidential pardon. Their release was officially launched on 23 January in Mpimba prison by the Ministry of Justice. During the ceremony of releasing the prisoners, Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, Minister of Justice, said the presidential pardon would allow 2500 prisoners to be released and (...)

01-23-2017 ■ On the occasion of the Women Sport International, this 24 January, the Burundi Federation says it is glad about steps made. However, female football players face various challenges. “It is not easy to play football in Burundi as a mother”, says Emérence Girukwishaka, 25, and mother of one kid. (...)

01-23-2017 ■ On Saturday 21 January 2017, Burundi parliament issued a statement as a reaction to the European Parliament’s accusations of human rights violations in Burundi on Thursday 19 January 2017. The Burundi Parliament says it has been outraged by the European Parliament’s press release at the end of the session (...)