02-10-2017 ■ The practice of irrigation to make up for insufficient rain fall as recently advised by the Minister of Agriculture and Farming is a great idea which nonetheless seems impracticable for farmers on steep land, according to farmers in the hills of Bujumbura province. Burundi is seriously struck by the (...)

02-09-2017 ■ Residents of some localities of Gihanga district claim people continue dying from famine. Humanitarian actors have not so far given sufficient help since the first cases of death were reported in January. As no adequate assistance has been provided, reports of hunger-caused deaths still emerge in Bubanza province that (...)

02-07-2017 ■ Small money has become so rare. Assistants to drivers of public transport are the first to be affected by the phenomenon. “Get in only if you have small money”, that’s a repeated warning -annoying to some- that bus passengers around Bujumbura city always hear from turnboys. Ignoring the warning (...)

01-31-2017 ■ Burundi travelers who go to the Democratic Republic of Congo from Rumonge port via Lake Tanganyika are worried about their safety because they travel in life-threatening conditions. They ask the government to help make their travel safe. The passengers say going to Congo by the lake has become like (...)

01-26-2017 ■ Burundi army confirms reports of the death of Major Dieudonné Karashira shot last night 25 January in the Eastern Province of Cankuzo. The army spokesman, Gaspard Baratuza, says the officer was “accidently shot by a soldier on sentry duty”. He says the officer was checking soldiers on sentry duty. (...)

01-25-2017 ■ Growing evidence suggests that the Basic Education system that was adopted in 2013 yields worse results than the system it came to replace. End term results of the first year of post-basic education of the new system show that students who came from the old system have performed better (...)

01-24-2017 ■ Leaders of the opposition platform CNARED, civil rights organisations and the Burundi diaspora opposed to President Nkurunziza’s “anti-constitutional” third term met in Belgium from 20 to 22 January. The aim of the gathering was to “decide on the strategy to harmonize the fight for the restoration of the Rule (...)

01-23-2017 ■ The government and religious leaders have created an authority that will monitor, regulate and settle religious matters. The organisation has generated controversy, with some worrying about the future of state-church relationships. The Ministry of Interior and Civic Education has set up a body with the primary mission of settling (...)

01-17-2017 ■ Members of the International Holy Elyon Church miraculously escaped a church collapse caused by heavy rain and strong wind on Sunday evening in Kanyosha, Bujumbura. Members of the Church say they were more than 50 people praying when a severe weather with heavy rain, violent wind and hail broke. (...)

01-12-2017 ■ As the government prepares to evacuate residents of areas around the plot where a new presidential palace is being built just outside Bujumbura city, in Gasenyi locality, the residents fear they will not get fair compensation. So far, they are not yet aware of the compensation options. No compensation (...)