Burundi Times

EALA MPs Urge Action on Disability Rights in East Africa

KAMPALA — As the world this week marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 3 December, lawmakers at the East African Legislative...

World Bank: Global debt crisis deepens as developing nations record largest outflows in 50 years

Developing countries paid $741 billion more in external debt service than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024, marking the largest net...

ONLCT sounds alarm on Digital-Age Human Trafficking in Burundi

The National Observatory for the Fight Against Transnational Crime (ONLCT) has sounded the alarm over what it calls a growing wave of technology-driven human...

Burundi’s president to attend ‘historic peace accord’ in Washington

Burundi’s presidency announced Monday that President Évariste Ndayishimiye has travelled to Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2 to attend the signing of what officials describe...

EALA Urges Action on Women Trader Exploitation

KAMPALA — Women traders across East Africa continue to face harassment, abuse and exploitation at border crossings, forcing many to abandon official posts for...