12-08-2018 ■ Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza sent on 4 December to his counterpart president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Ugandan president and also facilitator in Burundi conflict a letter asking him to convene an extraordinary EAC Heads of State summit whose agenda will be to settle the conflict between Burundi and Rwanda. President (...)

12-08-2018 ■ Lack of adequate shelter and seeds, extreme poverty … are among other challenges faced by Makamba residents recently repatriated from Tanzania. However, the administration reassures. Some dilapidated houses covered with grass and tents cover Muyaga hill in Kayogoro commune. It is at 16 km from the offices of Kayogoro (...)

12-08-2018 ■ A sentence of life imprisonment and a fine of BIF 50 million to be given to the family of the killed wife is the punishment given to Prime Nduwimana, a police officer who has killed his wife on Wednesday 5 December 2018. This was decided in an urgent penal (...)

12-07-2018 ■ During the handover of responsibilities from the old to the new team of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR, the new president of the commission has promised to go by the book. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, new president of CVR, has said the newly appointed commission will work according to the (...)

12-07-2018 ■ The federation of associations engaged in the defense of child rights-FENADED is concerned about the future of children whose mother was killed by her spouse, a police officer while his role is to protect people. “FENADED condemns this heinous crime that took away a life of an innocent person (...)

12-07-2018 ■ Parfait Gahama, Iwacu Press Group journalist, as well as three others respectively from the National Radio and Television, Le Renouveau newspaper and Aigle Sport FM based in Makamba Province received on December 5, a certificate of merit for the professional work of educating and raising public awareness on the (...)

12-06-2018 ■ In a statement released on December 5, Burundi National Assembly rejects the arguments put forward by Faki Mahamat Moussa, chairman of the African Union commission who sees the reopening of the case on the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye as an act that could undermine national unity and hinder (...)

12-05-2018 ■ The shortage of diesel fuel has been reported since last weekend on gas stations of the provinces of the interior of the country as well as in Bujumbura. Léonidas Sindayigaya, spokesman for the Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines announced on December 4 that the slowdown in the supply (...)

12-04-2018 ■ After the Attorney General of the Republic reopened the case on the assassination of President Ndadaye, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, former Burundi President appeals to Burundians not to speculate on the case. The Attorney General of the Republic, Sylvestre Nyandwi, issued on November 30, international arrest warrants against 17 Burundians involved (...)

12-03-2018 ■ Eleven followers of Eusébie, the “prophetess” of Kivyuka area in Musigati Commune of Bubanza Province in the west of Burundi are currently detained in the communal prison. They are accused of refusing that their children get vaccinated. Medical sources at Kivyuka Health Center say that followers of the “prophetess” (...)