Bujumbura

Environment

Heavy rain causes damage in Mugongo-Manga

11-28-2019 More than ten students from Nyarushanga fundamental school in Mugongo-Manga commune of Bujumbura province have been seriously injured due to a strong wind and a very heavy rain that hit the locality in the night of November 27. “One of them has been transferred to Bujumbura city and five (...)
Economy

Cement is now available in sufficient quantity, BUCECO official reassures

11-26-2019 Official of Burundi Cement Company says the scarcity of BUCECO cement observed for almost two months was due to the technical problems that occurred in the company. He reassures that the cement is now available. The shortage of the cement manufactured by Burundi Cement Company (BUCECO) has been observed (...)
Economy

Traders using umbrellas in Bujumbura city in despair

11-26-2019 Trading activities under umbrellas are no longer authorized in Bujumbura city since this November 22. Freddy Mbonimpa, Bujumbura Mayor said the decision concerns the three urban communes of Bujumbura city. Dealers of airtime cards and money transfer in Mukaza urban city are lamenting. Umbrellas of Lumitel or Econet phone (...)
Media

Burundi government threatens media with zero tolerance

11-20-2019 Isidore Ntirampeba, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the Burundian government won’t tolerate any media that wants to abuse the press freedom to undermine public security. “This is clear, we don’t gamble with security and there will be no tolerance”, he said. It was in (...)
Economy

Increase in price of staple food in Bujumbura city

11-15-2019 Prices of beans, rice, meat… have significantly increased in the last three months in Bujumbura city. The price of a kg of beans known as “yellow beans” has moved from BIF 1800 to BIF 2100 in the last three months. “We get food supplies at a high price and (...)
Security

Son of political opponent arrested in Bujumbura

11-09-2019 The son of LéonceNgendakumana, Deputy Chairman of Sahwanya-FRODEBU party is detained at the Special Research Bureau (BSR) since November 7 and is undergoing interrogation. Mr Ngendakumana believes he was arrested for political reasons. Lambert Bibonimana, was kidnapped in the night of November 7 around 9 p.m. by unidentified people (...)
Environment

Mpimba River threatens Musaga III fundamental school and its surroundings

11-06-2019 Musaga III Basic School located in the south of the Burundian economic capital Bujumbura is gradually collapsing due to a raging torrent of Mpimba River water. The school leaders and the surrounding inhabitants raise the alarm. The concrete wall which used to protect the banks of Mpimba River has (...)
Justice

Lawyers of Iwacu news reporters appeal to Ntahangwa appeal Court

11-05-2019 Lawyers of the four news reporters of Iwacu Press Group and their driver detained for «complicity in undermining the state internal security ” have appealed this Monday, November 4, to Ntahangwa Appeal Court in Bujumbura City. The appeal file is to reconsider the decision made by the Judge’s Council (...)
Politics

Burundi: New political party appears on political scene

11-05-2019 The new political party-Front for Ideological and Democratic Change (FCID) Imvugakuri applied for approval this Monday, November 4 at the Ministry of the Interior. Dénis Nduwayo, the legal representative of this party made up of young people and leaders “concerned with development change” says their goal is to find (...)
Education

Pupil died in northern Bujumbura due to teacher’s beatings

10-31-2019 A pupil of Carama Basic School in Kinama urban area in the north of Burundi died on October 28. Sources indicate that her death was caused by brutal beatings she received from her teacher. Defenders of the children’s rights condemn corporal punishment in school. Chadia Nishimwe, a 13-year-old girl (...)