02-15-2018 ■ In a communiqué released this Wednesday February 14, the National Council for Arusha Agreement Respect and Rule of Law-CNARED, an opposition platform in exile, deplores Burundi authorities’ behaviour to force people to register for constitutional referendum and 2020 elections. Pancrace Cimpaye, Spokesperson for this platform says people have not (...)

02-13-2018 ■ It is around 11 am. On the 5th day of the registration of voters in the referendum vote scheduled in May 2018, the voters in the capital Bujumbura have come in dribs and drabs. Sandrine Hatangimana, supervisor at “ECOFO Gihosha” registration center in Ntahangwa Commune of the capital Bujumbura (...)

02-12-2018 ■ For the UN Secretary General, the draft revision of the Constitution exacerbates tensions. Bujumbura speaks of a violation of sovereignty. The UN Secretary General was very critical of the draft constitutional revision. His report on the situation in Burundi was given to the 15 member states of the Security (...)

02-09-2018 ■ Voters’ registration has started this 8 February in Bujumbura as well as in other provinces of Burundi. It will last 10 days. The chairman of the Independent Municipal Electoral Commission (CECI) in Muha, Adolphe Nshimirimana says the registration has started late arguing that they have received necessary materials on (...)

01-29-2018 ■ If you contribute, that’s very fine. If you do not want to, no problem, but write it down. That’s the choice left to Burundian citizens. “The contribution is individual and not collective” stated Bujumbura government during the social dialogue with labor unions on Thursday 25 January. Three ministers of (...)

01-26-2018 ■ Ministers of Home Affairs, Public work and Finance have met the leaders of Burundi employees’ unions to talk about the contribution process to 2020 elections. Tharcisse Gahungu, Chairman of the Confederation of Burundi Employees’ unions (COSYBU) says they have raised their concerns related to the procedures used to collect (...)

01-24-2018 ■ Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of UPRONA party says it is not easy to have an identification card following the increase in its price. “Our followers complained that they must pay an amount estimated between BIF 6,000 and BIF 10,000 to have an ID instead of BIF 500. Local administrative officials (...)

01-22-2018 ■ 36 unions and the parliamentary group from Amizero y’Abarundi coalition have protested against the withdrawal of money from workers’ salary to contribute to the elections in 2020. They denounce the use of force. Voices are raised to challenge the joint order of the Ministers of the Interior and Finance (...)

01-18-2018 ■ In a correspondence addressed to the Speaker of the National Assembly, a group of 25 MPs of the Independent coalition “Amizero y’Abarundi” consider the process of collecting the contribution to 2020 elections as unclear and illegal. “We cannot support a process that violates the law”, reads the correspondence. They (...)

01-18-2018 ■ Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), launched on 16 January, the registration of voters from Bujumbura City and Bujumbura Province in the constitutional referendum scheduled for May 2018. He said this operation consists of drawing up a list of polling stations and registration offices. (...)