Rivardo Niyonizigiye

Rivardo Niyonizigiye

Rivardo Niyonizigiye is an undergraduate from the University of Burundi.

Blogger for many blogs including http://akanyaburunga.worpress.com and contributor at Waza online, he is interested in writing and creative writing and art.

Burundi: are we back in the dark years?

Burundi: are we back in the dark years?

Early in March 2015, Burundian civil society organizations started to foretell their discontent against Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term. Their concerns were aired on private and public media, along with social media. On April 25, when the CNDD-FDD incumbent party at that time announced publicly its candidate in 2015 presidential elections,…

Rivardo Niyonizigiye

Rivardo Niyonizigiye is an undergraduate from the University of Burundi.

Burundi: a forced disarmament will not work

 It is not a kind of extreme pessimism or the contested government underestimation, but, the new security system that is not helping Burundi to get over the escalating violence. This is obviously proved by what Bujumbura city and some other provinces are living today after a series of measures undertaken…

Rivardo Niyonizigiye is an undergraduate from the University of Burundi.

Burundi: a need for dialogue

Burundi: a need for dialogue

Burundi has been undergoing a rough crisis since April this year. Protests started, the failed coup broke out and the subsequent killings followed. Now, the situations is continuing to worsen. People are dying day and night and nobody knows why.  Corpses are found at roadsides or drowned in rivers shot…

Rivardo Niyonizigiye is an undergraduate from the University of Burundi.