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KQ carrier at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura (Burundi) PHOTO| Burundi Times Burundi government is expected to suspend all flights in the country as fear grows to prevent the spread of the virus in the country. While addressing the press in Bujumbura the country’s public security minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, called on...

The Burundi government this Thursday August 8th 2024 released a statement liberalizing the importation of sugar in the country.  “The purpose of this order is to liberalize the sugar trade on the national territory. The price of locally produced or imported sugar is set according to the cost of production or the...

Ottawa, Canada – The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers issued a strong statement condemning the ongoing offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The G7, which comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, voiced their concerns over the...

Famously known for his films Nothing Is Impossible (2012), Restoring Hope (2015), Silent Sufferers (2015), and Irreversible Choices (2016). Award winning John K-ay (Jean-Marie Ndayishimiye) a Burundi-Australian film director, producer and actor. He spoke to Joella Niciteretse on his journey to fame in the film industry and how to encourage, develop the industry in Burundi. Who is John...

This Monday morning the press conference that was organized by the Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Malpractice (OLUCOME) and Speech and Actions for the Awakening of Consciences and the Evolution of Mentalities (PARCEM), was interrupted by the law enforcers that was set to address the challenges and call for the government to reconsider the...

The Burundi ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security has since last week started implementing the implementation of speed limits for vehicles countrywide and particularly in the country’s economic city of Bujumbura. “The Poliscans which measure the speed of vehicles within the captured area will be put in action from Tuesday,” a statement reads...

Religious leaders in Burundi will be required to have at least a bachelor’s degree in order to be able to lead worshiping places according to the Burundi’s minister of Internal Affairs and Public Security Gervais Ndirakobuca. Burundi Members of Parliament unanimously adopted a law last week which is said to aim to establish public...

The United States has reiterated its concern over the ongoing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and respect for the country’s sovereignty. The remarks were delivered by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations, during a Security Council briefing on the Great Lakes region held...

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye called on Rwanda to handover 2015 coup plotters during a meeting with the United Nations’ Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Huang Xia in Bujumbura. As Mr. Huang Xia visited Burundi’s presidency at state house, Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye said that his country didn’t need any mediator to normalize the relation...

Police headquarters in Nairobi are this morning expected to issue a public statement following the fatal police shooting of a senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif on Magadi-Nairobi highway in Kajiado County. Sharif, an award-winning journalist was felled on the night of Sunday, October 23, under unclear circumstances in what police say was a case...