01-27-2020 ■ The Inyankamugayo (members of the opposition CNL party) from different communes of Kirundo province have been going through an ordeal. They face verbal threats, they are beaten, their crops are destroyed, etc. Iwacu reporters conducted an investigation in Kirundo, Bugabira and Bwambarangwe communes. Surprised by a crowd of young (...)

01-17-2020 ■ European parliamentarians adopted on 16 January a resolution condemning the continued deterioration of human rights situation in the lead-up to the upcoming elections. According to them, the victims of those abuses are mainly political opponents and people who are considered to be opponents. The European Parliament also called on (...)

01-12-2020 ■ The National Independent Commission for Human Rights-CNIDH has set up a commission of five people including three commissioners and two officials of the commission to investigate the complaints raised by some teachers. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, Chairman of the Commission has said that some teachers have expressed their concerns about (...)

12-22-2019 ■ Livestock and crops of CNL party members under threat Devastated crops, slaughtered cattle in addition to physical assault and imprisonment, persecution against the Inyankamugayo (CNL party members) in Kirundo province seem widespread. Iwacu reporters carried out an investigation in the communes of Kirundo, Busoni and Gitobe. The last two (...)

11-18-2019 ■ Clashes erupted on Sunday, November 10 in Nyamurenza commune of Ngozi province, between activists of CNL and CNDD-FDD parties, on the occasion of the inauguration of the communal office by CNL party. Both parties accuse each other. The confrontations would have been followed by a “selective hunt” against CNL (...)

11-11-2019 ■ Opposition parties lay into the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). According to them, this commission favored the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the composition of its dismemberments. CENI rather speaks of a well done job. According to Térence Manirambona, spokesman for the National Congress for Liberty (CNL), his party got (...)

11-04-2019 ■ There is a wave of arrests in this locality after the assassination attempt of the Muyira zone chief in Kanyosha commune of Bujumbura province, on the night of Friday 25 October. The National Congress for Liberty (CNL) denounces a manhunt towards its activists. In the small village of Rweza, (...)

10-14-2019 ■ “Veni, vidi … “, ” I came, I saw…” But like Julius Caesar, they will not say they have “conquered.” In the blazing sun of Saturday, October 5th, two opponents who had fled the country for years arrived at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport. They are the Executive Secretary of (...)

09-30-2019 ■ Burundi Catholic Bishops have been, in general, accused of stirring up and sowing discord by Gitega on the eve of the Bishops’ statement read on September 22nd throughout the country. On the other hand, the clergy believes that its message has been misinterpreted. Members of the government and the (...)

09-09-2019 ■ According to the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, eight risk factors common to criminal atrocities and deterioration of the human rights situation exist in Burundi, a few months before the 2020 elections. At a press conference held on Wednesday, September 4, that commission chaired by Doudou Diène (...)