08-18-2016 ■ Martin Nivyabandi, the Minister in charge of Human Rights, recognizes that such practice is common in Burundi. This was reported during a press briefing held in Bujumbura the capital on 17 August. “It has been reported that the National Intelligence Services detains and tortures people. But we noticed that (...)

08-16-2016 ■ Out of 11 contenders who participated in Miss Burundi 2016 contest on 14 August, Ange Bernice Ingabire, 21, won the competition after three years it was suspended. While others put forth projects to promote women and youth, Ange focused on a project to support kids born with deformities. The (...)

08-12-2016 ■ The use of solar energy is gaining momentum in rural areas. It is improving living conditions of rural communities and offers some economic opportunities at low cost as testimonies collected from the rural district of Kabezi indicate. Solar power system is transforming places that traditionally did not access electricity (...)

08-08-2016 ■ After three days of investigations on the ground, Iwacu journalists found a body in the area where, according to several sources, the journalist disappeared. Iwacu decided to publish the following account of the investigations. Friday, August 5 Shortly after the disappearance of Jean Bigirimana, Iwacu started an investigation to (...)

08-02-2016 ■ Burundi has prohibited basic food exportation. Small traders and farmers lose their only means of existence. Burundi government has declared a ban on the exportation of basic foodstuffs. In a statement issued on Friday 29 July, the government spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba justified the prohibition by an anticipation of an (...)

08-02-2016 ■ 11 days on, Jean Bigirimana, the Iwacu journalist has gone missing. 11 days of anxiety and questions but especially in the deafening silence of the national police. The last communication in connection with what appears increasingly like a kidnapping goes back to the tweet of the spokesman of the (...)

08-02-2016 ■ On 1 August, the education minister along with the UNICEF representative in Burundi officially launched summer camps for 10,000 children and young people of Bujumbura. International organizations like the UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and the United Nations Volunteers program came together to support the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and (...)

08-01-2016 ■ The Burundi police mission in Central African Republic terminates their peacekeeping mandate. They are all expected to arrive in Bujumbura this 1st August. Some organizations appreciate the decision taken by the UN. About 280 Burundi police peacekeepers in Central African Republic are to be back to Burundi this Monday, (...)

08-01-2016 ■ Jean Bigirimana, the Iwacu Press group Journalist, was arrested and abducted in a vehicle on July 22, 2016 by unknown men in Bugarama. The police and the National Intelligence Service wash their hands of the act. Evidence suggests otherwise. The news came on Friday, July 22 at 4:13 p.m (...)

08-01-2016 ■ A week on with no news of our colleague Jean Bigirimana. Relatives, friends and former colleagues speak of a good family, active and hardworking man. ” He consults me on each and every issue. He is my husband and my friend at the same time”, the wife of Jean (...)