11-05-2016 ■ The non-profit organisations PISC-Burundi and CAPES+ have jointly recommended that the results of the work of Burundi Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) be used to exclude people responsible for bloodshed in the country from politics in the future. The organisations asked the CVR to complete its work as soon (...)

11-04-2016 ■ Lawmakers in the National Assembly questioned Burundi’s role in Somalia on 3 November. Burundi currently provides over 5,000 troops to fight for the African Union’s peacekeeping force, known as AMISOM, against the Islamic militants, Al Shaabab. Lawmakers focused on two issues: the delayed payment of troops currently deployed and (...)

11-03-2016 ■ Geneva justice court has ruled that the remains of Mwambutsa IV, former Burundi king, will remain in Switzerland, local media has reported this 1st November 2016. The verdict comes to end a feud between members of the monarch’s family who disagreed on whether the remains of the king would (...)

11-03-2016 ■ From November 1st, all public parking spaces are charged for all cars in Bujumbura. This new measure imposed by the Bujumbura city mayor did not go down well with vehicle owners. Since the beginning of November, all the users of means of transport such as vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles (...)

11-02-2016 ■ It was around 5 a.m. this 2 November when a motorcyclist has been shot dead in Gihosha northern neighborhood of Bujumbura the capital. “The motorcyclist has dropped his customer here at Mugano Avenue. They found another person who was standing there. Suddenly, the customer has pointed at the motorcyclist (...)

11-02-2016 ■ During the closing ceremony of the campaign held in all 119 communes of the country on 28 October, Révérien Ndikuriyo, the senate speaker insisted on the need to decentralize primary and secondary education services including staff payment. Stella Budiriganya, the senate spokesperson says the idea resulted from the suggestions (...)

11-01-2016 ■ The environment association “Ça Nous Concerne Tous” intends to distribute young trees to residents of Bujumbura town and its overhanging hills from 22 December this year. “The only requirement to get the trees is to be a lover of the protection of the environment”, says Jadot Nkurunziza, the president (...)

11-01-2016 ■ The Group of Burundi East African Legislative Assembly MPs, has held this 31 October a press conference to inform Burundians about activities conducted by this EAC institution in plenary sessions that took place in Tanzania in August and October 2016 in Arusha and Zanzibar respectively.”As the process of Burundi (...)

10-31-2016 ■ This 31 October, all bicycle taxi drivers working in Bujumbura the capital have been assembled since morning at the office of the Association of Burundi Bicycle Taxi drivers – SOTAVEBU along “Boulevard du 1er Novembre” in Mukaza Commune. They have queued up to buy vests for their own identification. (...)

10-31-2016 ■ The striking off and suspension of several civil society organizations (CSOs) by the Burundian government causes fear for the regime and doubt about its governance. “… The above associations have deviated from their goals set in their statutes and are rather busy tarnishing the country’s image and stirring up (...)