10-30-2016 ■ Most of the busy tradesmen and women who pass through Minago every day, a rural area in the province of Rumonge, south west of Burundi, have no clue that a community of their countrymen live in dreadful depravation beneath their feet. Out of sight of the road, at the (...)

10-26-2016 ■ Non-profit groups PISC-Burundi and CAPES+ have made a joint declaration in which they praise the recent government’s crackdown on major civil rights and other non-profit groups. For Hamza Venant Burikukiye, the legal representative of CAPES+, those banned and suspended civil society organizations did not abide by their statute and (...)

10-25-2016 ■ More than 4000 people have fled their homes since the past few days following severe drought according to Melchior Nankwahomba, the governor of the northern province of Kirundo. He says “their urgent need is food”. Sources on the spot say some people are so desperate that they sell their (...)

10-25-2016 ■ Paolo LEMBO, the Resident Representative of UNDP and the Coordinator of the United Nations System, has reminded Burundians that there is no doubt their country still needs UN support to achieve sustainable development. “Regardless of opinions people may hold about the work of the UN, Burundi still needs the (...)

10-22-2016 ■ The Association of Widows and Orphans who lost theirs during different crises that have hit Burundi (AVOD) urges all the victims “to come out and boldly tell the truth about what they witnessed”. AVOD makes that call as the nation commemorates the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of President (...)

10-20-2016 ■ The Food and Agriculture Organisation leads Burundian farmers into adopting farming techniques that help them to cope with climate change. “Climate has significantly changed over the past years and this negatively affects farming”, says Vénérand Nyandwi, 62, a farmer and father of 10. “Normally we sow our fields of (...)

10-17-2016 ■ A fraud who wanted to defraud a pastor was apprehended by the police yesterday. The police have arrested a suspected foreign conman who intended to defraud a female pastor of $1700. The suspect posed as an international charity organisation worker. “He told the pastor he worked for “Robinson Donald” (...)

10-15-2016 ■ Université Lumière de Bujumbura (ULBu), a private university, is to use online teaching to overcome the lack of physical infrastructure, qualified teachers and adequate educational materials. In partnership with African Virtual University (AVU), ULBu officially inaugurated the centre for Distance and e-Learning Open Training on Friday 14 October. Rev. (...)

10-13-2016 ■ The University of Burundi in collaboration with Cordaid has organized training sessions to equip new doctors with capacity to help in the treatment and prevention of diabetes and hypertension that have become a serious health threat in the country. A capacity building pre-service training for the treatment and prevention (...)

10-11-2016 ■ Burundi has just declared a suspension of any form of cooperation and collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights-OHCHR until further notice. The declaration cites the “untruthful and controversial” United Nations Independent Investigation Report on Burundi-UNIIB accusing the government of grave violations of (...)