Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate 1988 crisis

Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released a statement dated March, 18th, 2022 launching investigations on the 1988 crisis in the country that included killings and Human Rights violations. “This crisis is commonly known as the Ntega and Marangara Killings even though the TRC has already obtained information which proves that the crisis has...

EALA now calls for sanctions on member states over defaulting

The East African Legislative Assembly is now calling on the Council of Ministers to invoke the relevant Treaty provisions to sanction the Partner States that have failed to meet their financial obligations to the Community.

663 Burundians repatriated from Tanzania

According to Burundian police 663 Burundian (226 households) were repatriated from neighboring Tanzania under the tripartite agreement between UNHCR, Burundi and Tanzania. PHOTO| FILE More than six hundreds Burundian refugees were on Wednesday April 29 repatriated to the country after fleeing the politcal crisis that erupted in 2015 when the incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza vied...

Almost six hundred Burundians repatriated from Tanzania

296 families were repatriated including 337 men and 253 women respectively from the provinces of Ruyigi (251) Makamba (163) Cankuzo (40) Rutana (48) Kirundo (10), Muyinga (51) Gitega (6), Bururi (14), Karusi (6) and Muramvya (1) PHOTO| FILE. At least 590 Burundians have been repatriated from the Nduta camp located in the neighboring Tanzania, according...

Ruling Party’s Ndayishimiye wins presidential race

The provisional result declared Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye the winner of the presidential race after a landslide victory against leading opposition Agathon Rwsa. PHOTO| Burundi Times Burundi’s ruling party Secretary General Evariste Ndayishimiye was declared Monday 25th May 2020 the winner of presidential race in a landslide victory as he bagged 68 percent of the...

Burundi marks 2 years since Nkurunziza’s death

Burundi is commemorating two years since the death of its former president Pierre Nkurunziza who died of a heart attack on June 8th, 2020, his death caught Burundians with surprise after his last public appearance in Gitega where he was watching a volleyball match. The day is now dedicated as a National Day for...

95 arrested over violence ahead of the general elections

Mr. Nkurikiye said that the political violence had diminished compared to the first week of the campaigns that resulted to at least three people losing their lives. PHOTO|FILE As the electoral campaigns are in its second week Burundi authority said that at least 30 CNDD-FDD and 5 CNL militants were injured during the confrontation...

Mauritania vows to allow citizens access the African Court

The Prime Minister of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Bilal told the visiting President of the African Court Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud and her delegation in Nouakchott over the weekend that his country will soon allow citizens to access the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ‘’I am convinced that Mauritania is on its...

Call for prayers to continue as Muslim clerics meet authority

The call for Muslim prayers (Adhan) to continue in Burundi after rumors emerged on social media that the internal affairs minister Gervais Ndirakobuca had restricted the call during night hours. In a video that went viral on social media in Burundi contained the internal affairs minister advising religious leaders to avoid noise pollution during...

Armed men kill three in Bujumbura

Armed men used a car and fired at the people who were in the bar and later fled the crime scene PHOTO| FILE. A group of armed men killed three people on Friday night in Burundi’s city Bujumbura while having some drinks in a bar, the bar is located in the city’s neighborhood a few meters...
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