07-18-2018 ■ More than 1,000 indigenous people from the Batwa community of Muhanga Commune of Kayanza Province in the north of Burundi have been issued with National Identity Cards and birth certificates thanks to the funding of US Embassy in Burundi. Hope Association for Young Batwa (Assojeba) in partnership with the (...)

05-24-2018 ■ Emmanuel Nengo, Legal Representative of the Union for Batwa Promotion in Burundi-UNIPROBA says Batwa community is threatened these days. He refers to the last killing of Désiré Kubwami, aged 30, from Muhweza hill in Buhiga Commune of Karuzi Province killed on 18 May, one day after the referendum. “We (...)

10-19-2017 ■ As the world celebrated the day dedicated to poverty eradication this October 17th, Batwa communities from Bururi commune acknowledge the World Bank’s project to protect environment which has given them job and joy to live. Batwa people used to live in extreme poverty, begging, and sometimes stealing which also (...)