01-31-2018 ■ Burundian refugees from Lusenda camp located at 60 km of South Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Cong are angry. They wanted to go on demonstration on Monday, but the police did not allow them. They call for food assistance. They have just spent two weeks without aid, said (...)

01-04-2018 ■ The joint commission in charge of distributing stands to traders in the newly rehabilitated markets has released lists of traders who will operate in the markets of Kinama and Ruziba in the capital Bujumbura. Traders have a month to set up their stalls in metallic materials. “Traders who were (...)

12-18-2017 ■ Christine Ntahe, Representative of the association visited the family of two mutilated boys in Kiremba Hill, Itaba Commune, Gitega Province on Wednesday 13 December. She came with a pack of food. She visited Richard, 12 and Jean Claude 10, two boys recently amputated of left wrists by their neighbours (...)

10-02-2017 ■ The National Assembly has opened its October ordinary session this 2 October. Sixteen bills will be analyzed and adopted by MPs. In article 176 of the Burundi Constitution, it is stipulated that the National Assembly must start analyzing the budget bill at the opening of the October session. “This (...)

09-27-2017 ■ Foreign currencies continue to rise in price on the black market. Small importers say the lack of the former hampers their commercial activities. “Foreign currencies are increasingly becoming scarce and their price is constantly climbing as a consequence,” says Christophe Niyongabo, a shoe salesman. Today, a US dollar is (...)

08-28-2017 ■ The youth affiliated to the ruling party Cndd-Fdd organized what they called the Imbonerakure Day. It was opportunity to reaffirm their attachment to President Pierre Nkurunziza. The opposition speaks of manipulation. Written by Agnès Ndirubusa and translated by Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana
 More than 8 thousand Imbonerakure (youth wing of (...)

08-17-2017 ■ Members of the National Council for the Respect of the Arusha Agreement and Rule of Law-CNARED have recently held a three-day meeting in Belgium. Negotiations and consolidation of the members of the board were on the agenda. The executive board of the main opposition in exile –CNARED met in (...)

08-15-2017 ■ The governments of Burundi and DRC alongside UNHCR launched a pilot project of repatriation of Burundian refugees. On August 14th, 70 refugees from 24 families were voluntarily repatriated from Lusenda refugee camp in the DR Congo. A convoy trucks carrying 70 refugees crossed the border to Burundi in Gatumba (...)

08-14-2017 ■ The Ombudsman office faces problems due to the suspension of funding from international organisation. This handicaps some scheduled activities of the institution, said the ombudsman during his biannual report presented to MPs on August 11th, 2017. The main problem that the institution faces today is a lack of money. (...)

08-10-2017 ■ The government of Burundi with the EU inaugurated six markets rehabilitated and one newly constructed in Ruziba, Kanyosha zone in Bujumbura on Wednesday 10th August 2017. This project was funded by the EU. Different authorities from the government, ambassadors from European countries and a big crowd of people were (...)