10-24-2018 ■ Parents of students at Karurama I Basic School in Rugombo Commune of Cibitoke north-western province of Burundi denounce the large number of students in one class. At 9 a.m., pupils of grade 1 at Karurama Fundamental School are studying. The teacher struggles to teach the lesson prepared for the (...)

10-24-2018 ■ Prosper Ntahorwamiye, Spokesperson for government says Bujumbura will not attend the 5th round of the dialogue session scheduled from 24 to 29 October in Arusha, Tanzania. The October month is a mourning period for Burundians,” says Ntahorwamiye. He says Burundi government has informed the facilitation in the Inter-Burundian dialogue: (...)

10-23-2018 ■ The medical personnel on the Burundi-DRC border denounce the lack of equipment to detect and fight against Ebola. At a beautiful sunset, a boat arrives from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Mparambo border, in north-west of Burundi, via the Rusizi River. A dozen of passengers get off with (...)

10-22-2018 ■ In a statement issued on the eve of the 56th commemoration of the assassination of the independence hero, Bujumbura government openly accuses Belgium of having plotted his assassination. The statement risks exacerbating the already existing tensions. Burundi government openly accuses Belgium of having a great responsibility in the assassination (...)

10-20-2018 ■ Members of the government that was led by Melchior Ndadaye plead for a special honor for this democracy hero. They have said that in a public conference held this October 19, 2018 in remembrance of 25 years after his assassination. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, former member of the cabinet at that (...)

10-20-2018 ■ Sahwanya FRODEBU party has decided to leave the opposition platform in exile CNARED from this 18 October, in order to work independently. It says it will keep following the ideology of Melchior Ndadaye, the democracy hero. Pierre Claver Nahimana, chairman of Sahwanya FRODEBU party says their withdrawal from the (...)

10-19-2018 ■ The world celebrates every October 18 the Conflict Resolution Day. This year, the day comes when Burundians are preparing themselves to participate in the 5th round of inter-Burundi dialogue initiated by the East African Community to try to resolve the political crisis erupted in April 2015 when President Pierre (...)

10-19-2018 ■ Technical and financial partners call on Burundi government and foreign NGOs recently suspended to hold a dialogue aimed at clarifying the law governing NGOs operating in Burundi. They appreciate that some NGOs have resumed activities although most of them are still suspended. In a joint communiqué issued on 17 (...)

10-19-2018 ■ During the presentation of 1st term of fiscal year achievement, the minister in charge of the East African Community affairs says there is a kind of exclusion of Burundians in different jobs within the community. Isabelle Ndahayo, Minister in charge of the EAC affairs says they have seen that (...)

10-18-2018 ■ The nursing staff unions SNTS and SYNAPA at Kamenge University Medical Center (CHUK) were to begin a strike this October 17, 2018. The hospital administration prevents this strike by means of police and threats. At 9 a.m. this Wednesday, small groups of nurses could be seen inside the hospital. (...)