11-30-2018 ■ “Women should not be satisfied with the fact that they are represented at their 30% in public institutions as provided for by the Constitution. They need to become more competent to apply for other decent jobs in various fields, “said Gloriose Nimenya, chairperson of the Standing Committee on Youth (...)

11-24-2018 ■ The National Assembly elected on 22 November, 13 new members of the Truth Reconciliation Commission composed of seven members from Hutu ethnic group, 5 from Tutsi ethnic group and one Twa ethnic group. This new CVR team replaces the first one that would end its mandate in December 2018 (...)

11-23-2018 ■ The National Assembly has elected this 22 November, 13 new members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR. Among them, seven are from Hutu ethnic group, five are from Tutsi ethnic group and the last one is from Twa ethnic group. The seven new members from Hutu ethnic group are (...)

11-22-2018 ■ “More than half of Burundian children under 5 are too small for their age and are stunted,” reveals the findings of the 2016-2017 Demographic and Health Survey published on November 20 by Burundi Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies -ISTEEBU. Growth stunting is a sign of chronic undernourishment, highlights (...)

11-21-2018 ■ “The fertility level decreased from 6.9 children per woman in 1987 to 6.4 children in 2010 and to 5.5 children in 2016-2017,” reveal the results of the 2016-2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi-ISTEEBU. According to the results of this (...)

11-20-2018 ■ Around 11.00 a.m., a young bike taxi user, aged 20, leaves his bike along the road. He goes to a large gutter located on the 28 November boulevard, in front of Roi Khaled Hospital in Kamenge, north of the capital Bujumbura. He stands before a tree and urinates without (...)

11-19-2018 ■ At least six cows have already died and more than ten contracted a contagious disease within one month. Cattle farmers in Makamba area of Rusaka commune in Mwaro province are worried. They ask for a vaccine to prevent the spread of this disease. A pregnant cow lies down in (...)

11-16-2018 ■ Burundian MPs have adopted on this November 15 a bill that Burundi government has to ratify regarding the protocol of the East African Community on peace and security. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister of Public Security explains that the protocol will allow EAC member states to collaborate in the arrest (...)

11-09-2018 ■ “The Ministry of Health plans to launch the vaccination campaign against meningococcal meningitis strain A from 3 to 14 December throughout the country,” said Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Health in a press conference held on November 8. The last vaccination against this disease took place in 1992 and its (...)

11-08-2018 ■ In the warm sun, sand, stones and gravel extractors sit along the Ntahangwa River, in north of the capital Bujumbura. They seem to be desperate. They have not been working for a month. “Our families live in extremely difficult conditions since the government suspended the activities of extracting construction (...)