May 23

• Kitatta Plans to Conquer Burundi

  New Vision

  WITH Uganda's top amateur golfers Willy Kitatta and Peter Ssendawula in action, bringing the Burundi Open title to Kampala is a realistic expectation. Read more »

May 22

• EU to Fund Burundi - Rwanda Power Line

  EA Business

  The European Union has agreed to give the East African Community €16 million Euros ($20 million) to build a power interconnector between Burundi and Rwanda. Read more »

• Burundi Pushes More Business Reforms

  EA Business

  Burundi will continue to push for reforms at all indicators of Doing Business to make the country attractive for investment which sustains economic development. Burundi ranked... Read more »

• Dutch Grant Burundi U.S. $12 Million for Fertilizer

  EA Business

  The Netherlands government has given €10 million (about $12 million) to the National Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Burundi (PNSEB). Read more »

May 7

• Media Law's Threat to Freedom of Information [document]

  Reporters sans Frontières

  Dear President Nkurunziza, Read more »

May 6

• Burundi Is Better for Business - World Bank

  The Star

  Burundi is fast catching up as a favourable investment destination, a new World Bank report shows.Though ranked behind all its East Africa Community peers, Burundi is among the... Read more »

April 30

• Freedom of Expression Under Threat From New Press Law [press release]

  AI London

  A new press law that would severely limit the activities of journalists in Burundi poses a grave threat to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Read more »

• Telling the Truth Yields Relief and Vital Documents in Burundi [press release]

  UNHCR

  At first, Congolese refugee Wivine Bahati Mulemaz was apprehensive about the extensive document-checking exercise being carried out by the UN refugee agency and the Burundian... Read more »

April 29

• Nakumatt Needs U.S. $50 Million for Burundi Outlet

  EA Business

  Nakumatt, East Africa's biggest supermarket name, is looking for $50 million to add more outlets in the region. Read more »

April 26

• Concerns About New Media Law - Letter to President Pierre Nkurunziza [document]

  HRW

  His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza Read more »

April 24

• Senate Passes Harsh Amendments to Press Law [press release]

  CPJ

  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the passage in the Senate of highly restrictive amendments to Burundi's Press Law and calls on President Pierre Nkurunziza to reject... Read more »

April 23

• Human Rights Reports: Burundi [document]

  State Department

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Read more »