06-01-2018 ■ “The National Observatory for the Prevention and Eradication of Genocide, War Crimes and Other Human Rights Crimes (ONPGH) condemns the statement made by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry stating that Tutsi ethnic minority is no longer protected in the new Constitution,” said Jean de Dieu Mutabazi, Chairman of ONPGH, (...)

05-31-2018 ■ World Food Program has distributed on 30 May 23.7 tons of maize seeds, 7.9 tons of beans, 1.6 tons of cottonseed oil and 0.3 tons of salt to 438 families affected by the floods which hit Buterere neighborhood in late April 2018. Each family received 54 kg of maize (...)

05-30-2018 ■ While the World No Tobacco Day is celebrated each May 31, Health professionals in Burundi say they are worried about the increase in number of smokers in Burundi especially young people. They however say they salute the initiative taken by the government to considerably reduce the number of smokers. (...)

05-30-2018 ■ Jean Baptiste Baribonekeza, Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights dismisses the attitude of the civil society organizations that present their reports on human rights in Burundi directly to the UN Human Rights Council without respecting methodological approaches. “Civil society and Non-Governmental Organizations are reluctant to collaborate with (...)

05-29-2018 ■ The East African Court of Justice announced that it would have to reexamine a case about President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term this May 24, 2018. Nestor Kayobera, lawyer of Burundi government, says the latter is ready to go to court and is optimistic that it will win the case (...)

05-25-2018 ■ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) will soon begin the process of analyzing, classifying and defining the alleged perpetrators’ crimes. Some people fear there may not be enough clarifications. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, the former President of the Republic of Burundi, says CVR will have difficulties to know the truth about (...)

05-24-2018 ■ On May 4, 2018, the National Media Regulatory Authority (CNC) took a decision to suspend the advertisement section of the national newspaper “Le Renouveau” for a period of three months. The sanction has just been lifted three weeks later. In a press conference held this Wednesday 23rd May 2018, (...)

05-24-2018 ■ After Sindiso N’gwenya, Secretary General of COMESA declared on May 18th that the 20th summit of COMESA Heads of State and government which was expected to take place in Burundi from 1 to 10 June 2018 will be postponed and relocated to Lusaka, the Secretary of and Spokesman for (...)

05-23-2018 ■ After the publication of the results of the constitutional referendum, different politicians react about these results, highly appreciated by some and heavily criticized by others. CNDD-FDD party acknowledges the result of the constitutional referendum. Evariste Ndayishimiye, the Secretary General of this party says the referendum allowed Burundians to freely (...)

05-18-2018 ■ After the 17 May referendum, Burundians are still waiting for the results from the National Independent Electoral Commission. However, politicians do not converge on the way the referendum was run. Pierre Célestin Ndikumana, chairman of the Parliamentary group of MPs from the coalition of Independents “Amizero y’Abarundi”, says there (...)