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 (...)

09-13-2016 ■ The idea of “schools of excellence” is viewed with skepticism by parents who doubt the schools will yield better results. The Ministry of Education claims the outcome will be positive as learners will be in an environment conducive to quality learning. Parents are questioning whether the new “schools of (...)

09-08-2016 ■ The Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement (OLUCOME) says it is deeply concerned about the illegal collection of what the perpetrators, presumed to be the Imbonerakure, call security fees in Buterere, Kamenge and Kinama areas in the urban district of Ntahangwa in the Capital Bujumbura since (...)

09-07-2016 ■ The epidemic is still sweeping Kabezi and other localities in defiance to stakeholders’ effort. The insufficiency  of prevention means is identified as the cause. The cholera epidemic continues to spread across different localities of  Kabezi health district and beyond. That persistence defies not only the constant and sustained attention but (...)

09-05-2016 ■ The party accuses the Imbonerakure of heightening persecutions of its militants in the recent days. A declaration issued on Saturday 3 September, mentions more than 30 FNL militants who were arrested last month while 3 others disappeared in Rural Bujumbura, Cankuzo, Muyinga and Ngozi provinces. The Imbonerakure youth are (...)

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 (...)

09-01-2016 ■ The local organization NAD (New Action for Development) was founded to improve the image of Burundi at the international level and protect the Burundi youth from manipulators. Joseph Maniramfasha, the legal representative of the NGO, explained that their objectives are to fight “disinformation and rumours about Burundi propagated by (...)

09-01-2016 ■ Salvator Kiyuku, the president of Bujumbura Bar Association said that the assessment of the bar’s activities is encouraging despite difficulties. It was during the formal resumption of the bar’s activities after a one-month holiday. He congratulated the bar for managing“to provide free legal assistance to all those who come (...)

08-30-2016 ■ The overwhelming majority of participants in the inter-Burundian dialogue sessions led by the CNDI wish for the suppression of presidential term limit and the predominance of the Burundian Constitution over the Arusha Peace Agreement. While the radical opposition dismisses the report, it is unclear whether those views are really (...)

08-17-2016 ■ Students of three departments of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Burundi have resumed strike. They protest against the university’s decision to suspend some students for not having respected the ultimatum to resume studies issued by the rector. For them, that measure was both (...)