04-11-2018 ■ According to a relative of one of the 21 persons who were arrested on 9 April in Carama neighborhood by the police, all of them were released yesterday evening after undergoing police interrogation. The arrested people included the chairman of Burundi Trade Unions’ Confederation (CSB), Gilbert Nyawakira. Pierre Nkurikiye, (...)

04-06-2018 ■ The capital Bujumbura has facing shortage of fuel since the past three days. Vehicle users fear intentions of a further rise in its price. At around 10 a. m. this 5 April, vehicles were lining up in long queues on some gas stations which are still providing petrol in (...)

04-05-2018 ■ The provisional lists of registered voters are posted in different registration centers since April 3. At some registration centers in Bujumbura city where Iwacu passed, there were some irregularities, worries, complaints, etc. At a registration center located at Musaga Communal Lycée, a number of people were searching for their (...)

04-04-2018 ■ Burundi is hosting the 16th annual meeting of the African Association of Lawyers of Banking and Financial Institutions (AJBEF) since 3 April. For 3 days, banking law professionals representing 12 African countries will be discussing the challenges that the sector is faced with, said Clément Nduwimana, the chairman of (...)

03-30-2018 ■ The tripartite meeting composed of Burundian and Tanzanian governments as well as UNHCR held in Bujumbura from 26 to 28 March concluded that almost 72.000 Burundian refugees will be voluntarily repatriated by 2018. “There will be two convoys of 1,000 refugees each from 5 April to 31 December 2018,” (...)

03-29-2018 ■ Georges Nikiza, Spokesperson for the opposition coalition- National Rally for Change-RANAC says its members are illegally detained these days. He refers to the recent case of Daniel Manirakiza, RANAC representative in Muramvya Province arrested on 27 March. “He was with other representatives of the coalition from Mwaro, Gitega and (...)

03-28-2018 ■ Jean Pierre Nimbona also known as Kidumu, the famous Burundian singer and songwriter performing in Nairobi-Kenya, says he would have been poisoned. Admitted to an emergency room at “Polyclinique Centrale de Bujumbura”, in Bujumbura City Center, Kidumu says he suspects to have taken a poisoned meal shared with his (...)

03-27-2018 ■ Burundi is hosting a meeting of the tripartite commission composed of Burundi and Tanzania governments and the UNHCR on the process of voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees. More than 20,000 refugees have returned since September 2017 and almost 30,000 are waiting to be repatriated. The purpose of this meeting (...)

03-13-2018 ■ The National Commission for Lands and other Properties (CNTB) handed over yesterday a plot of 3 ha located in Kajaga district of Mutimbuzi Commune in Bujumbura province, to the descendants of Gahinga Issa represented by Bambarukontari Alexis. This parcel has been exploited by Evariste Ndizeye since 1991. The latter (...)

03-12-2018 ■ The Independent National Human Rights Commission has been demoted to status B. It denounces the “unfair decision” while others ensure that the latter is deserved. It is a severe blow to CNIDH. It is now relegated to status B; a gloomy status. Clearly, it loses its right to fully (...)