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“THERE is a say that, educating a woman is equivalent to educating the nation, the same applies to the concept of empowering women, meaning an economically empowered woman is an asset to a whole community,” said Zuwena Senkondo, a Sustainable Communities Superintendent for Barrick Gold Bulyanhulu-
Burundi: Situation Report (4 Jun 2021) Format Underfunding of the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2021 negatively impacting response efforts Over 4,800 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic BACKGROUND Since the beginning of the rainy season in March 2021, the waters of Lake Tanganyika have been rising steadily, flooding many neighborhoods in the coastal provinces and causing significant property damage and population displacement. The most affected provinces include Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba, and Rumonge, located on the shores of Lake Tangany...
English News and Press Release on Burundi about Protection and Human Rights; published on 26 May 2021 by HRW
April 25 The ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) announces that then-President Pierre Nkurunziza will be its candidate in June elections, triggering widespread demonstrations in the then-capital, Bujumbura. April 26 The government bans live reporting from the sites of the demonstrations by three popular radio stations – Radio publique africaine (RPA), Radio Isanganiro, and Radio Bonesha FM, suspends their broadcasts outside the capital, and cuts off their telephone land lines. April 27 The government completely shuts down RPA...
End Abusive Prosecutions; Lift Restrictions on Free Speech Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza. © 2020 Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters (Nairobi) – Burundi’s scrutiny and control of media and nongovernmental organiza...