Office National de la Tourbe, or ONATOUR is a publicly owned enterprise that mines peat in Burundi.

Apart from the army, which consumes about 10,000 tonnes per year, customers include the national police, BUCECO, FOMI and other companies.

[4] ONATOUR was created by decree on 21 March 1977 with the mission of promoting and marketing peat and its derivatives to industry and agriculture.

A follow-up project was authorized in August 1980, with the goal of conserving Burundi's rapidly shrinking forest reserves by using peat as an alternative to wood, and to strengthen ONATOUR's capacity to efficiently undertake planned operations.

[3] After the civil was, the military camps were the main source of demand, although they stopped ordering peat in 2013 with giving any reason.

ONATOUR wanted to win back former customers by improving peat quality and increasing the number of trucks to transport the fuel.

ONATOUR planned to obtain a machine to manufacture the briquettes, and expected no problem meeting demand given Burundi's large peat reserves.

[10] In May 2024, Audace Niyonzima, Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, reported to the Senate on dividends paid by public and mixed enterprises.

He noted that some public companies had never paid their dividends, including Onatel (National Telecommunications Office), Camebu (Central Medical Purchasing Agency), Cogerco (Cotton Management Company), Loterie Nationale du Burundi (Lona), Onatour, Otraco (Public Transport Office) and the Hôtel Source du Nil.