Bujumbura reinstates curfew on bars
The opening hours of drinking places is from 17hrs to 21hrs local time during the week days and from 13hrs to 21hrs during weekends and public holidays. PHOTO|FILE.
In a letter
signed by Bujumbura’s mayor Freddy Mbonimpa dated November 21st
2019, the city’s mayor imposed a curfew in the country biggest town after a meeting
that...
Kafando’s term as UN Secretary General’s envoy ends
Burundi's president (Right) with the UN Secretary General's special envoy Michel Kafando in the state house in Bujumbura on June 2017. PHOTO| FILE.
The erstwhile Burkinabe president
Michel Kafando is set to leave Burundi at the end of November 2019 as his term
as a Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Burundi comes...
Burundi accuses Rwanda of attacking its military position
Burundi and Rwandan police greeting each other in 2018 at the Ruhwa border post located in Cibitoke province. PHOTO|Burundi Times
Burundi government has accused neighboring Rwanda of attacking a military position in Cibitoke province that borders Rwanda. While speaking to the State owned television, Major Emmanuel Gahongano from the defense ministry said that...
Two Ugandans gunned down by Rwanda police
Kigali indicated that the deceased were identified as Job Ebindishanga aged 32 and Bosco Tuheirwe 35. PHOTO| FILE
Two Ugandans
believed to be business men were shot dead in the early morning of November 10th
2019 by the Rwandan police, police in Rwanda said that a group of suspected
smugglers crossed inside Rwandan territory in Nyagatare...
Museveni defends death sentence during the fourth African Judicial Dialogue
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (Right) shaking hands with the African Court’s President Sylvain Ore during the fourth Judicial Dialogue in Kampala. PHOTO| Burundi Times
While
addressing the participants at the fourth African Judicial Dialogue, Uganda’s
Yoweri Museveni defended death sentence while calling for the African Union to
fight oppression and insecurity in the continent.
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...
Continental Rights courts sign agreement on cooperation
From Left: Eduardo F. Mac-Gregor Poisot (President of the Inter-Amercan court, Sylvain Ore (president of the African Court) and Angelika Nussberger (vice president of the European Court) after signing the agreement in Uganda on 29.July.2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The African
Court, European and inter-American court of Human Rights signed a memorandum of
understanding in efforts to...
A.U justifies recalling the Permanent Representative, Diaspora petitions to reverse the move
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...
Mass repatriation gains momentum as 812 arrives from Tanzania
Burundian refugees being received at Gisuru border located in Ruyigi province ealier in October 2019. PHOTO|FILE
The mass repatriation
of Burundian refugees from Tanzania has gained momentum as 812 Burundian
refugees were repatriated from Tanzania on 15th October.
According to
the Burundian authorities the 812 Burundians were received at...
Burundi marks 58 years since the assassination of the independence hero
As Burundi celebrated 57 years of independence, President Pierre Nkurunziza spoke out against colonialism as he honored and named infrastructure after the country’s national heroes. PHOTO| FILE
Every October 13th Burundi commemorates the assassination of the country’s independence hero prince Louis Rwagasore, he was assassinated on October 13th 1961.
In...