11-02-2022 ■ During the 2022 African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2022) held in Johannesburg from October 31 to November 2, participants from across Africa and outside expressed their concerns over persistent impunity on crimes committed against journalists. They called on solidarity and accountability. “About 263 journalists have been murdered because of their (...)

11-04-2021 ■ At the 12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference which took place online from the 1st to the 5th of November this year, journalists from across the globe have raised challenges that pose a threat to investigative journalism in the world. David Kaplan, Global Investigative Journalism Network Executive Director has said (...)

11-03-2021 ■ At least 1750 participants from about 150 countries have registered to attend the 12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference-GIJC which will be held online for the first time due to a surge in Covid-19 cases globally. . This international gathering of investigative journalists which will take place from 1 to (...)

06-06-2020 ■ The Ntahangwa Court of Appeal has rejected on 5 June the appeal made by Iwacu Press Group against the judgment rendered on 30 January by Bubanza Hight Court regarding the detention of four Iwacu press Group journalists. Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Térence Mpozenzi and Egide Harerimana were previously sentenced (...)

06-04-2020 ■ On the occasion of the official launch on 3 June of the new journalists union formed by a group of journalists, their colleagues expressed their concerns. After the suspension of the Burundian Union of Journalists (UBJ) in 2015, some Burundian journalists officially launched on 3 June a new union (...)

05-07-2020 ■ The Ntahangwa Court of Appeal has adjourned for further deliberation the trial of four journalists of Iwacu Press Group detained in Bubanza Province after being heard in public audience on Wednesday 6 May. Four journalists of Iwacu Press Group, namely Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Térence Mpozenzi and Egide Harerimana (...)

05-06-2020 ■ In his visit to Iwacu Press Group in the morning of May 6, Claude Bochu, EU Ambassador to Burundi has said the relationship between EU and Burundi is in the reconciliation process. “There is a will from both sides to better understand each one’s expectations and limitations,” he says (...)

05-05-2020 ■ The Burundi Media Regulator [CNC] awarded on 4 May eight prizes to journalists who participated in the contest of Media Award Edition 2020. The prize for newspaper journalists was won by Edouard Nkurunziza working for Iwacu Press Group who has been living in hiding for more than two months. (...)

04-23-2020 ■ “Journalists or communication technicians who do not have a press card will not be allowed to work from July 2020,” said Nestor Bankumukunzi, Chairman of Burundi Media Regulator (CNC) this 22 April after a two-day meeting of committee members held from 21 to 22 April in the Burundian economic (...)

04-10-2020 ■ Jean-Marie Vianney Ngendakumana, Radio Isanganiro journalist and his driver Saïd Rukundaneza have been mistreated by young people from Kanyosha commune in Bujumbura province this April 9. They were investigating on an attack perpetrated in Kiyenzi locality in Kanyosha commune. Local residents told Radio Isanganiro journalists that it is deplorable (...)