May 15

• Vice-Minister for Civil Protection At UNSAC Meeting

  ANGOP

  The Interior Vice-minister for Civil Protection and Fire Services, Eugénio Laborinho, travelled on Monday to Bujumbura city in Burundi to attend the 34th ministerial meeting... Read more »

May 14

• U.S. Army Africa Chaplain Team Engages With Burundi Counterparts

  U.S. Africa Command

  A two-man traveling contact team visited the Defense Institute for Superior Army Training in Bujumbura, Burundi in May 2012 to work with 16 Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF)... Read more »

May 11

• International Federation of Journalists Slams Life Sentence Against Journalist [press release]

  IFJ

  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the life sentence request by the prosecution against Hassan Ruvakiki a broadcaster in Burundi, who was arrested in... Read more »

May 10

• Rape Shame Stings Long After War

  RNW Africa

  Women in Burundi continue to suffer from the chaos that raged during the country's 12-year civil war. Since the conflict's end in 2005, local sexual abuse support centres have... Read more »

• Prosecutor Requests Life Imprisonment for Journalist Charged With Terrorism

  RSF

  A prosecutor in the eastern city of Cankuzo yesterday requested life imprisonment for journalist Hassan Ruvakuki and 22 other people who are charged with "participating in acts of... Read more »

May 9

• Prosecutor Requests Life Sentence for Journalist [press release]

  CPJ

  State prosecutors requested a life sentence today for Burundian radio reporter Hassan Ruvakiki who was imprisoned after airing a November interview with a purported rebel leader,... Read more »

• World Bank to Help Improve Public Works and Urban Management [press release]

  World Bank

  The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA*) grant of US$15 million which will provide additional financing to the Republic of... Read more »

May 8

• Country Partners With Burundi to Fight Crime

  New Times

  Police forces of Rwanda and Burundi have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation as a way of eliminating threats of emerging cross-border crimes. Read more »

May 4

• Effort to Block Report About Political Killings - HRW [press release]

  HRW

  The Burundian Interior Minister ordered Human Rights Watch to cancel a news conference in the capital, Bujumbura, on May 2, 2012, that was planned to release a report on political... Read more »

May 3

• Political Tensions Grow

  RNW Africa

  Tension is mounting on Burundi's political scene. Opposition parties continue to contest results of the 2010 presidential elections and recently condemned a series of laws seen as... Read more »

May 2

• AAR Expands Into Burundi After Quitting Rwanda

  The Star

  A year after quitting Rwanda, medical insurer AAR has now ventured into neighbouring Burundi through a partnership with a local firm. Societe D'Assurances Du Burundi (SOCABU) has... Read more »

• Escalation of Political Violence in 2011 - Act Swiftly to End Impunity, Prevent Further Killings [press release]

  HRW

  Scores of people have been killed in political attacks in Burundi since the end of 2010, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The killings, some by state agents and... Read more »

April 26

• Diplomatic Perks Can Influence Peace Outcomes - Study [press release]

  CIGI

  An examination of two peace processes in Africa shows that luxurious perks for delegates can unintentionally derail peace talks, according to a new paper issued by the Africa... Read more »

April 22

• Immigration Officials Nab 391 Illegal Aliens

  Daily News

  RUKWA immigration officials have arrested 391 illegal immigrants from neighbouring Congo DRC, Burundi, Zambia, Uganda and Rwanda for allegedly entering and staying in the country... Read more »

April 21

• Lack of Funds Hinder Electricity Grid

  New Times

  Plans to interconnect electricity grids within Eastern and Central Africa are failing due to lack of funds necessary to finance the implementation of projects in the next four... Read more »

April 20

• Heavy Taxes Rattle Retailers

  RNW Africa

  Retailers in Uganda are denouncing the Burundian government's taxes, found to be higher than those elsewhere in the East African Community (EAC). Some companies have relocated to... Read more »

• Burundian Officials Arrive on Study Tour

  New Times

  NYAMAGABE-Officials from Burundi are visiting the districts of Nyaruguru and Nyamagabe in the Southern Province, with an aim of learning from Rwanda's decentralization policy and... Read more »

April 19

• Country-Burundi Illegal Routes to Be Closed

  News of Rwanda

  Bugesera district administration has pointed out that illegal routes at Rwanda-Burundi border have been closed. Read more »

April 16

• Dutch Burundians React to Asylum Seeker's Suicide

  RNW Africa

  This week's suicide of asylum applicant Alain Hatungimana in the Dutch town of Culemborg has been the main subject of conversation within the Dutch-Burundian community. "We are... Read more »

• Asylum Seeker Suicides - an Inevitable Tragedy?

  RNW Africa

  Asylum seekers do not resort to suicide in a considered attempt to force the government's hand on granting residence permits to their children. Read more »