11-07-2018 ■ Members of the committee of the National Union of Paramedical Staff and Caregivers-SYNAPA trade union working at Kamenge Neuropsychiatric Center (CNPK) issued an eight-day strike notice on 5 November. They demand the replacement of the outgoing Director General of the CNPK, Brother Hyppolyte Manirakiza by Brother Herménégilde Nduwimana. Trade (...)

11-03-2018 ■ Strengthened military patrols, overnight patrols by the population, residents of Nyamitanga area in Cibitoke province are gripped by fear. They are afraid of the attack of armed groups from the DRC. “We are afraid attackers will come back,” say residents of Nyamitanga area, Buganda Commune in Cibitoke Province, north-western (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The National Assembly adopted on October 25 a bill amending the law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The bill extends the mission of CVR over the period from Germany colonization in February 1885 to 4 December 2008. CVR mission was initially set between 1961 and 2008. Aloys Batungwanayo, (...)

10-26-2018 ■ The National Assembly passed yesterday the bill amending the law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after a heated debate about the delimitation of the period to be covered by that commission. The passed bill notably provides for the extension of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR missions for the (...)

10-25-2018 ■ Nestor Bankumukunzi, chairman of Burundi media regulator (CNC), presented on 24 October the quarterly achievements of medias authorized to operate in Burundi. He suggested that media officials should master the newly adopted press law, popularize it among journalists and closely supervise journalists and communication technicians in order to work (...)

10-24-2018 ■ Parents of students at Karurama I Basic School in Rugombo Commune of Cibitoke north-western province of Burundi denounce the large number of students in one class. At 9 a.m., pupils of grade 1 at Karurama Fundamental School are studying. The teacher struggles to teach the lesson prepared for the (...)

10-23-2018 ■ The medical personnel on the Burundi-DRC border denounce the lack of equipment to detect and fight against Ebola. At a beautiful sunset, a boat arrives from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Mparambo border, in north-west of Burundi, via the Rusizi River. A dozen of passengers get off with (...)

10-19-2018 ■ The world celebrates every October 18 the Conflict Resolution Day. This year, the day comes when Burundians are preparing themselves to participate in the 5th round of inter-Burundi dialogue initiated by the East African Community to try to resolve the political crisis erupted in April 2015 when President Pierre (...)

10-11-2018 ■ “The lack of drugs to fight against mental disorders in Burundi pharmacies, their high cost and the poverty of the patients’ families are the major problems mental patients face in Burundi,” said Dr. Franck Minos Sokoroza, the head of the medical department at Kamenge Neuropsychiatric Center (CNPK) situated in (...)

10-10-2018 ■ “The Government of Burundi has learned with indignation the adoption of the resolution of the UN Human Rights Council at its 39th session held on September 28, 2018 renewing the mandate of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi while it was already rejected, “reads a statement released on (...)