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Government: Burundi’s COMEBU holds exclusive rights to exploit and market minerals

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations...

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Government: Burundi’s COMEBU holds exclusive rights to exploit and market minerals

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations...

Urgent reforms needed for digital payment interoperability

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (July 8, 2025) — Leaders from East Africa have raised alarm over fragmented and incompatible digital payment systems that...

Seamless Skies: Africa’s new airspace strategy aims to cut costs and boost trade

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Burundi Times) — A high-level regional aviation workshop opened this week in Bujumbura, focusing on the implementation of the Flexible...

Burundi’s new Governors sworn in following major provincial reforms

BUJUMBURA, Burundi— Burundi’s five newly appointed provincial governors officially took office Friday, completing a sweeping administrative overhaul that reduced the country’s provinces...

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota dies aged 28

WHAT HAPPENED? Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, also a professional footballer, both died shortly after midnight on...

Investigation uncovers abuse of Burundian workers in Saudi Arabia

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Government: Burundi’s COMEBU holds exclusive rights to exploit and market minerals

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations...

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Seamless Skies: Africa’s new airspace strategy aims to cut costs and boost trade

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Burundi calls for UN recognition of 1972 Genocide

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Government: Burundi’s COMEBU holds exclusive rights to exploit and market minerals

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations Minières du Burundi (COMEBU), government officials said Thursday. “COMEBU...

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Government: Burundi’s COMEBU holds exclusive rights to exploit and market minerals

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations...

Urgent reforms needed for digital payment interoperability

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (July 8, 2025) — Leaders from East Africa have raised alarm over fragmented and incompatible digital payment systems that...

Seamless Skies: Africa’s new airspace strategy aims to cut costs and boost trade

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Burundi Times) — A high-level regional aviation workshop opened this week in Bujumbura, focusing on the implementation of the Flexible...

EABC and AfDB sign $1M grant for East Africa’s industrial growth

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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota dies aged 28

WHAT HAPPENED? Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, also a professional footballer, both died shortly after midnight on Thursday...

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