10-12-2016 ■ On 12 October, the National Assembly has voted for a bill on Burundi withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Despite points of contention during the plenary session, 94 MPs voted for, 2 against and 14 abstentions. The Minister of Justice, Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, who defended the draft law in (...)

10-04-2016 ■ Burundi Investment Agency (API) has organized a trade fair since 3 October to promote investment in Burundi through bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Clothes, food, telephone company, handcrafted products… these are different products exhibited at different stands in “Palais des Arts” in Bujumbura city center. “We are convinced our products (...)

10-03-2016 ■ This Sunday, Bishop Evariste Ngoyagoye,the Bujumbura archbishop who led prayer at the Schoenstatt Marian Shrine at Gikungu Mount Zion, invited Catholic military and police officers to perform their missions with patriotism and wisdom. It was during their passage through the holy door of mercy. Jean-Berchmans Ndayitwayeko, Chaplain General of (...)

09-30-2016 ■ Fifteen months after students scaled the walls of the US embassy in Bujumbura seeking refuge from police, it’s business as usual at the embassy building. On 29 September, 176 Burundian students graduated from a 3-month English language course at the Rosa Parks American Corner, a section of the embassy (...)

09-21-2016 ■ “We found that this is a well-kept prison. We cannot say it is pretty good but detention conditions are quite good given international and the country living standards,” says Jean -Baptiste Baribonekeza, chairman of the Independent National Commission of Human rights ( CNIDH) on Tuesday, September 20 at Mpimba (...)

09-16-2016 ■ At National Road 1, only 4 kilometers from Bugarama center, in the place commonly called ‘ Kumusenyi’ one sees a plume of smokes generated by the destruction of unused and expired pharmaceutical products, declared not to meet standard by the Burundi Central purchasing department of pharmaceutical products (CAMEBU). About (...)

09-15-2016 ■ Candidates for the School of Excellence in municipal Bujumbura Education Direction claim they didn’t know well who was eligible for the selection test. The Director says it was probably due to changes in the eligibility instructions. Some candidates for the school of excellence selection test did not have necessary (...)

09-09-2016 ■ Kidumu’s arrival in Bujumbura the capital created controversy as he had come to entertain Burundians in the third Kenya Trade, Investment and Cultural exhibition. For some people, he was taken as a government supporter while for some others, he is simply a musician. An interview with Kidumu for more (...)

09-02-2016 ■ For small traders downtown Bujumbura, the business of school supplies has unexpectedly lost its lure these days. This is due to a sluggish demand paired with high prices at the wholesalers’. Sellingschool equipment in the inner city of Bujumbura is unusually less profitable so far in this period of (...)

08-29-2016 ■ In a press conference held on 26 August by Faustin Ndikumana, the Chairman of PARCEM, the local NGO concerned with awakening and changing people’s mentality deplores the fact that six years after the head of state had declared zero tolerance to acts of corruption and economic embezzlement, nothing was (...)