10-26-2016 ■ The African Union Peace and Security Council-AU PSC and the European Union Peace and Security Council- EU PSC expressed hope that the report of former President Mkapa, to the recent EAC Summit, and the response of Heads of State, can accelerate the process. They commended the mediation efforts deployed (...)

10-21-2016 ■ On October 10, AU decided to delay the placement of Burundian contingents deployed in the African Union peacekeeping Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] expected in November 2016. The spokesman of the Burundian army colonel Gaspard Baratuza denies this information. “Contrary to what is said, AU has not suspended the rotation (...)

08-30-2016 ■ Sixteen years after the signing of the Arusha Agreement, opinions differ about the place of the text in the country’s political life. Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira: “The CNDI aims to bury Arusha” “The ruling party CNDD-FDD is trying to hide behind the people it cheated. The same people who are paralyzed (...)

08-03-2016 ■ “Burundi is astonished to hear about the precipitated pathway of the UN Security Council to vote for the 2303 resolution”, declares Philippe Nzobonariba, the spokesperson of the Burundian Government in the statement issued on 2 August. The Council adopted on 29 July a new resolution with a recorded vote (...)

07-20-2016 ■ The poor state of relations between Burundi and Rwanda and an unsecured safety are the causes of the non-participation of Burundi to the summit of the AU Heads of States according to the Minister in Charge of Diplomacy. (...)

07-19-2016 ■ All the three candidates on the list did not obtain the two-thirds of votes required to chair the AU. The elections are therefore postponed. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma remains the chairperson till next January. Elections took place last Monday morning in Kigali on the last day of the summit (...)

07-19-2016 ■ The UN Security Council plans to analyse this Monday 18 July a draft of a resolution introduced by France on the dispatching of 228 police officers to Burundi to be deployed all over the territory. There is a possibility of modifying the mission of that contingent in case of (...)

02-11-2016 ■ On an unknown date, a high-level delegation of African Union composed of five African heads of state would soon come to Bujumbura. (...)

11-02-2015 ■ An inclusive inter- Burundian dialogue, which responds in part, to the demands of the international community , a willingness to extradite certain ” dialogue attendees ” a disagreement with the mediation … Will Bujumbura keep its promises ? By Elyse Ngabire, Rénovat Ndabashinze and Edouard Madirisha translated by Diane (...)

01-02-2015 ■ The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Commander, Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa has completed his tour of duty. The outgoing Burundian Commander was sent off with an exemplary Guard of Honour by joint Burundian and Ugandan forces on Monday 15th December 2014.-By Lorraine JosianeManishatse During his year-long command, the (...)