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” (...)

08-29-2017 ■ August 31st is the deadline for the use of a former driving licence. Drivers who don’t have a biometric driving license will be fined BIF 2, 000 for every extra day from September 1st.They demand additional time. The traffic regulation police are in the process of renewing the local (...)

10-20-2016 ■ Since 5 July 2016, the Ministry of Public Security has launched a campaign for changing the traditional driving license into a biometric one. “20,000 persons using the new biometric driving license have already registered out of 290, 000 people registered for the old driving license since 1937,” says Alfred (...)

01-14-2014 ■ Ugandans, Kenyans and Rwandans have already started the use of ID card to cross their borders. But in Burundi, the process of filling out the form of the ID is continuing.By Diane Uwimana Since this January 2014, citizens from three partner states (Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda) have begun to (...)

11-12-2013 ■ Students from EAC countries benefit from the free movement of persons and goods. Today, they no longer pay visa fees to go to study inside EAC Partner States.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse In November 2009, Burundi and other EAC Partner States took an important step in the adoption of the (...)