Media
No Power, No Internet, Low Pay — Inside Burundi’s Struggling Media Industry
Low salaries, precarious employment, power cuts, unreliable internet, costly equipment and shrinking funding are making journalism increasingly difficult in Burundi, limiting journalists’ ability...
Ten Years On, Press Freedom Groups Renew Calls for Answers Over Burundi Journalist’s Disappearance
RSF, CPJ and Iwacu say Burundian authorities have failed to explain what happened to journalist Jean Bigirimana, whose disappearance remains unresolved a decade...
Press Freedom Still Under Strain in Burundi Despite Slight Rise in Global Ranking
While Burundi has climbed slightly in the latest Reporters Without Borders rankings, civil society and media advocates say journalists still face censorship, detentions,...
Burundian Journalists Face Arrests, Censorship and Hardship, Says 2025 Media Report
Reliance on per diems and workshop allowances is increasingly shaping newsroom economics, a practice CEPID warns could weaken editorial independence.
AIJC 2025: African Journalists Meet to Strengthen Ethics, Courage, and Investigative Reporting
Africa’s investigative journalists gather in Johannesburg to renew their commitment to accountability and ethical reporting amid censorship, intimidation, and shrinking freedoms.
Iwacu Presses for Justice, Nine Years After Jean Bigirimana Went Missing
"We will continue to ask until we know the truth about Jean Bigirimana’s fate," says Léandre Sikuyavuga
Press Restrictions Spark Transparency Fears as Burundians Head to the Polls
Civil society group PARCEM warns that limiting media access could jeopardize electoral transparency ahead of Thursday’s vote for parliamentarians and local councils.
Burundi Slides in Global Press Freedom Index Amid Rising Repression of Journalists
RSF slams government repression, media control, and unchecked violence against journalists as the world marks Press Freedom Day
