08-19-2018 ■ “CNDD-FDD party is ready to participate in the upcoming inter-Burundian dialogue session under the auspices of facilitator William Benjamin Mkapa,” said Joseph Ntakarutimana, deputy secretary-general of the ruling party on August 17, after a close consultation held between CNDD-FDD officials and the facilitation team in Bujumbura. Ntakarutimana wishes that (...)

08-17-2018 ■ One month before the holding of the United Nations Human Rights Council scheduled from 10 to 28 September 2018, FRODEBU Nyakuri Iragi RyaNdadaye party asks for the non-extension of the mandate of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. “The action of this commission is necessary since it does (...)

08-15-2018 ■ “The manufacture, import, storage, marketing and use of plastic bags and all plastic packaging are banned,” reads the presidential decree issued on August 13. “The measure was taken because plastics have a negative impact on the environment, human and animal health,” said Déo-Guide Rurema, Environment Minister at a press (...)

08-14-2018 ■ “The dialogue session for political leaders held on August 3 in Kayanza, at the initiative of the Minister of the Interior, led to the adoption of a consensual roadmap for the 2020 elections,” said Michel Kafando, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Burundi before the UN Security Council when (...)

08-13-2018 ■ Kayanza’s “Musumba Hotel” hosted on 3 August the signing of a “road map” to 2020 elections, which is not unanimous. First, an observation: Do political parties that attended the meeting in Kayanza really dominate the Burundian political scene? Of course, 22 out of 32 political forces authorized in Burundi (...)

08-10-2018 ■ “The bus fare in Bujumbura city increases from BIF 380 to 400, while transport prices inside the country must not exceed a 5% increase for both people and goods,” reads in a communiqué jointly released on August 9th by the Ministries of Commerce, Transport, Energy and Mine as well (...)

08-09-2018 ■ Prices per liter of gasoline and diesel at the gas pump respectively increase from BIF 2, 250 to 2,400 and from BIF 2,250 to 2,350 since August 8. Oil price remains unchanged. Côme Manirakiza, the Minister of Energy says the fuel price increases is relative to the increase in (...)

08-08-2018 ■ Despite the difficulties that the Burundian athletes delegation encountered to participate in the 2018 African Athletics Championships held in Asaba, capital of the Delta State in Nigeria from August 1 to 5, Burundi was ranked 14th. Francine Niyonsaba won a silver medal in 800m race. The Burundian delegation of (...)

08-03-2018 ■ The director of the National Integrated Food and Nutrition Program at the ministry of health says the maternal breastfeeding situation in Burundi is satisfactory. He calls on mothers to breastfeed their children as long as possible. On the occasion of the week dedicated to maternal breastfeeding, Alain Parfait Bimenyimana, (...)

08-02-2018 ■ The Burundi Ministry of the Interior plans to hold a dialogue session with political leaders on 3 August in Kayanza Province, northern Burundi. Térence Ntahiraja, the assistant to the Minister of the Interior says the purpose of the session will be to discuss the road map to the 2020 (...)