09-19-2017 ■ “I advise the UN not to validate this biased report presented by its experts, otherwise it will be the end of this great organization because we will firmly resist,” said Evariste Ndayishimiye, Secretary General of the ruling party CNDD -FDD, on 16 September during a demonstration staged by members (...)

03-20-2017 ■ The Secretary General of the ruling CNDD FDD party expresses himself on several current concerns including the place of CNARED in the dialogue, the issue of term limit and the candidate for 2020 presidential election. What is your reading of the external dialogue led by the mediation? The objective (...)

12-02-2016 ■ The Imbonerakure, a “dynamic and polite” youth group, are being unfairly represented as killers in order to justify killing them, according to General Secretary of Burundi’s ruling party, the CNDD-FDD. Speaking on 1 December, the Secretary General refuted accusations against the party’s youth group by the United Nations and (...)

11-10-2016 ■ After the announcement of the election results in the United States, Evariste Ndayishimiye, Secretary General of the Burundi ruling party CNDD-FDD congratulates victorious Donald Trump and the American people. “I congratulate the American people for having elected their leaders. I also extend my congratulations to the present- elect President (...)

10-04-2016 ■ At a press conference that Evariste Ndayishimiye, the secretary general of the ruling party, held yesterday after his visit to Benjamin Mkapa the facilitator in the inter-Burundian dialogue, he said he asked him to help in the repatriation of exiled politicians by reassuring them and convincing their host countries (...)