Ndayishimiye: Public servants need to change
As Burundi marked the Labour Day under the theme “Let’s work so as everyone reap what they sow”, president Evariste Ndayishimiye was yet again critical to public servants whom he said were not innovative and only depended on monthly salaries.
“Most of the public servants are like domestic workers or maids who only wait...
US-Burundi army readiness medical exercise kicks-off
A medical readiness exercise by U.S. Army medical personnel alongside members of the Burundi National Defense Force kicked off on Monday 8 April 2024 in Kamenge Military Hospital in Bujumbura.
According to the United States Embassy in Burundi, the exercise that started yesterday will proceed until April 6th, 2024.
“The objectives...
Justice delayed as Burundi marks 30 years since the assassination of its president
Every 6 of April Burundi commemorates the assassination of its president Cyprien Ntaryamira who died in a plane crash in Rwanda after attending a regional summit in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
The president had just completed two months in the office after being appointed by the country’s National Assembly in January 13, 1994.
UN: 156 people were summarily executed by M23
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council said that the M23 rebel group in DRC summarily executed 156 people.
“M23 was also found to have sexually abused 30 women and 12 children, and abducted 127 civilians including to forcibly recruit them to fight....
Incoming EAC Secretary General to be sworn in mid-April
The South Sudan East African Community (EAC) Affairs minister and Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers Deng Alor Kuol last Thursday announced that an Extra-Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State will be held virtually on April 15th 2024 to consider the appointment of the new EAC Secretary General.
“On 18th March,...
Census deadline for foreign nationals in Burundi extended
The Burundi Ministry of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security released a statement this Thursday 28 March 2024 extending the deadline of registering foreign nationals living in the country.
“Following the ever-increasing number of foreigners responding to their current census, the ministry informs all foreigners residing in Burundi in general, and refugees in...
AU approves SADC deployment despite Rwanda’s protest
A virtual meeting was held on 4th March 2024 by the African Union Peace and Security Council to consider the situation in
Somalia becomes 8th EAC member state
Somalia has now officially become a full member of the East African Community after the country deposited its ratification instrument of the treaty of accession on Monday.
Kiir arrives in Bujumbura over DRC, Rwanda talks
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit this Friday landed at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura where he is expected to meet Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye to address the growing tension between Burundi-Rwanda relations and the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
This is the first time the South Sudan president Salva...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),