09-23-2019 ■ The office of the Burundian Ombudsman tried to “reframe” the Nairobi meeting. In a statement issued on 18 September, Edouard Nduwimana attempted to downplay what has been seen as a major step towards an agreement on the return of the exiled opponents to the country. It looks like an (...)

09-20-2019 ■ Onésime Nduwimana, CNARED Spokesperson said it is true that the meeting between the Burundian government and the exiled politicians took place in Nairobi. “It was not the first time we met”. He added that CNARED delegation firstly made sure that the office of the Burundi Ombudsman was really a (...)

09-19-2019 ■ Léonce Ngendakumana, Deputy Chairman of Sahwanya FRODEBU party has said the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has been established due to different human rights violations committed in Burundi in 2015 which are still observed today. In addition, he said, the government has refused to cooperate with the Commission. “The (...)

09-18-2019 ■ The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has presented its briefing report in the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. Participants deplore the alarming situation within the country though Burundian government denies it. Doudou Diène, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has said the international (...)

09-13-2019 ■ Charles Nditije, one of the founders of the Coalition of Burundian Opposition Forces for the Restoration of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement-CFOR-Arusha has said the coalition is against the 2020 elections. “The electoral process will be organized in a biased framework,” he said adding that the political and (...)

09-12-2019 ■ Aloys Baricako, Chairman of RANAC says his party is determined to participate in the 2020 elections under any circumstances. “The texts governing our party are clear. RANAC party will no longer boycott the elections unless there is a major force preventing all Burundians from partaking in them,” he says. (...)

09-09-2019 ■ According to the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, eight risk factors common to criminal atrocities and deterioration of the human rights situation exist in Burundi, a few months before the 2020 elections. At a press conference held on Wednesday, September 4, that commission chaired by Doudou Diène (...)

09-05-2019 ■ “The UN Security Council should keep an eye on Burundi in this pre- electoral period,” said Doudou Diène, chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi (CIO) at a press conference organized in Geneva on September 3. He has said the commission looked into violations and abuses committed (...)

09-02-2019 ■ A week after the “ceasefire” agreed upon by political party leaders and governors, many meetings are being held to block political intolerance in the country. But the lull is not total as evidenced by clashes that occurred in Burenza locality a few days ago. At least one person died (...)

08-29-2019 ■ Abel Gashatsi, Chairman of UPRONA party says the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement still plays a crucial role in the preservation of peace and security throughout the country 19 years after it was signed. “Leaders should continue respecting it as we are approaching the 2020 elections,” he says adding (...)