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English Situation Report on Burundi about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Flood; published on 29 Jan 2021 by FEWS NET

President Ndayishimiye satisfied with the step already made in rehabilitating the RN1 President Ndayishimiye satisfied with the step already made in rehabilitating the RN1 0shares The President of the Republic HE Evariste Ndayishimiye visited this Saturday, January 30, 2021, Bujumbura and Bubanza provinces where he met the population living in the localities. The Head of State took this opportunity to provide rich and general pieces of advice to local residents, particularly for increasing production. During this visit, Burundi President stopped at Matyazo, a locality he knows well from h...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four Burundian journalists arrested in 2019 and jailed in January for offences including undermining state security have been granted a presidential pardon. “Under the terms of the present decree, the convicted prisoners Ndirubusa Agnès, Harerimana Égide, Mpozenzi Terence are granted a complete remission of the freedom-depriving sentence,” President Evariste Ndayishimiye said in a decree. The three all worked for domestic news website Iwacu, as did a fourth journalist who was not mentioned in the decree but who confirmed his release on Thu...

In Burundi, heavy rains has displaced thousands of people from their homes. The Gatumba, Mutimbuzi region located 5km from Bujumbura province has experience heavy floods since Monday, January 11 after Rusizi River, a tributary of Lake Tanganyika, overflowed causing havoc. The victims are now asking for protection. "We are asking the government or other benefactors to build dikes to protect the Rusizi River from our flood city," one victim said. For environmental experts, in addition to the effects of climate change, this situation is aggravated by poor land planning. "These floods are caused ...

Taarifa Rwanda Published 3 months ago 0share On October 22, 2019, group of four Burundian journalists were intercepted by Security operatives, arrested and took them to an unknown destination where they remained until Wednesday 23 rd just two days before Christmas. The Burundi government had remained non-committal on their arrest and relatives including workmates and friends had held prayers for their souls convinced that they had been brutalized and killed by the late Pierre Nkurunziza regime operatives. Christine Kamikazi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Térence Mpozenzi and Egide Harerimana,on October...