The decision by the Ngozi Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction and 5-year prison sentence for a lawyer who had been affiliated with a human rights group was a "travesty of justice" according to Human Rights Watch and 5 other human rights groups

5.000 people in Burundi have been provided dental care performed by a Turkish medical team thanks to a collaboration between the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency and the Friends of All Africa Association

The Burundian government and the UN system launched a four-year HIV/AIDS programme with an investment of about USD 14 million for a Burundi with zero new infections, deaths and discrimination by 2027

CIVICUS and independent Burundian civil society organisations welcomed the important work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi, which shows that civic space remains difficult for CSOs and journalists

To mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Bujumbura, drug users marched to the social reintegration centre for drug addicts located in Maramvya in the municipality of Mutimbuzi