06-29-2019 ■ The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has presented this 28 June the timetable for the upcoming 2020 elections. Pierre-Claver Kazihise, CENI Chairman has announced the presidential, legislative and communal council elections will be held on the same day (May 20, 2020). Elections for senators will be held on July (...)

06-11-2019 ■ At least 40 cows were stolen in the past two months. Breeders who already live in constant fear of being stolen deplore the inaction of the administration and security forces. They promise to take drastic actions against the thieves. “We always sleep with fear. Our cows are constantly stolen,” (...)

06-06-2019 ■ Since 2012, Burundians have doubled the amount of chemical fertilizers used per hectare, which has exacerbated environmental pollution, said Tharcisse Ndayizeye, an environmental activist also member of the Burundian Observatory of Water and Sanitation. It was on the occasion of the World Environment Day celebrated each June 5th. Mr (...)

05-31-2019 ■ “The national media regulator- CNC has opened a Whatsapp number to Burundian people to evaluate the contents of radio and television stations operating in Burundi,” announced Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of CNC on May 31. Citizens will send critical messages about the information broadcast by various local media to79707777. The (...)

04-30-2019 ■ The population of Mugina and Mabayi communes bordering Rwanda is gripped with fear. Heavy gunshots have been heard recently in Nyungwe forest. The authorities reassure them. Gunshots worry the inhabitants of Ngoma and Nyamihana hills of Rubona zone in Mugina commune and those of Ruhororo zone in Mabayi commune (...)

04-26-2019 ■ During the handover of duties and responsibilities between the former and the new team of Burundi National Independent Human Rights Commission-CNDIH, the new president of the commission has promised to work hard for all Burundians. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, new president of CNDIH has said the newly appointed commissioners will (...)

03-26-2019 ■ Some owners of food processing companies accuse the Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN) of hurting their business by refusing to certify their processed products so that they should be put on the market. BBN communication officer says that juice locally manufactured from ginger is not certified. “BBN (...)

03-08-2019 ■ Monaco Humanitarian Collective in close collaboration with “Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque” and a local NGO “Le Bon Samaritain” has organized a press conference, this March 7, to raise awareness of the challenges faced by children with heart disease and other orthopedic pathologies to be treated abroad. Alexis Butoyi, Legal Representative (...)

02-26-2019 ■ Migrating to Tanzania in search of a job is the dream of many unemployed youths from Cendajuru commune in Cankuzo province. The authorities want to create jobs to keep them. Samuel Nzeyimana, 24, from Kiruhura area in Cendajuru commune, says he went to Tanzania looking for a job. He (...)

02-12-2019 ■ From carelessness of health professionals to lack of medicines, sick Burundians say they suffer a number of problems. Sylvain Habanabakize, spokesperson for the network of patients in Burundi-CEMABU says sick people still struggle to access adequate health care because of the irresponsible behavior of some health workers. “There are (...)