Politics

Burundi’s permanent representative in the United Nations Albert Shingiro said that Burundians were aware that the 2015 coup plotters against elected institutions are not ‘dead or buried’. PHOTO| Burundi Times The Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry...

According to CENI Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD garnered 68% of the total votes while National Congress for Liberty CNL’s presidential candidate Agathon Rwasa obtained 24%. PHOYO| FILE Burundi's main opposition leader and deputy speaker of the parliament Agathon Rwasa this Thursday 28th.May. 2020 resorted to the constitutional court, after accusing the Independent Electoral Commission...

Burundi Tanzania borders of Kober-Kabanga and Mugina were earlier this week reopened after the Burundian authority announced that the borders were now operational for travellers from and to Burundi. While addressing the press in Bujumbura, the Permanent Secretary of Burundi’s Health ministry Jean Baptiste Nzorironkankuze said that the borders were operational after the consultation...

Burundi government is set to reduce the number of communes and provinces in the country according to the country’s minister for internal affairs Gervais Ndirakobuca. While addressing the local leaders and press, Mr. Ndirakobuca said that there is a plan to reduce the number of provinces for the better and constructive management of the...

Mr Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia - a British colony, run by its white minority. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He...

Granting amnesty to prisoners has been one of the incumbent’s tradition practiced during the New Year’s Eve. PHOTO| FILE. During the New Year’s address, Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza granted amnesty to prisoners sentenced to not more than five years, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and the disabled inmates. “In efforts to promote peace...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court is looking into the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s unexpected move over the weekend to block a parliamentary vote against him and then call for a snap general election. The deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan’s party, threw out the no-confidence motion that Khan had widely been expected to lose, ruling that...

Recorded clips surfaced on different social media accounts while Ms. Chihombori criticized some African leaders of remaining tight lipped on the neocolonialism. PHOTO| FILE. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki has come out to defend the Commission’s decision to terminate the contract of Arikana Chihombori-Quao who was the permanent representative of the African...

This Monday morning the press conference that was organized by the Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Malpractice (OLUCOME) and Speech and Actions for the Awakening of Consciences and the Evolution of Mentalities (PARCEM), was interrupted by the law enforcers that was set to address the challenges and call for the government to reconsider the...

Burundi ministry of internal affairs and public security said that on Tuesday two dead bodies were found in one of the Bujumbura suburbs in Gatunguru. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security Pierre Nkurikiye, the dead bodies were found on Tuesday early morning at around 7:45 am local time.