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East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Joseph Ntakirutimana criticized the absence of ministers responsible for East African Community affairs during a plenary sitting in Arusha...

Burundi’s Parliament has passed legislation expanding criminal penalties for sexual abuse and harassment in schools, closing a legal loophole that previously left adult students...

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to strengthen to 4.3% in 2026, but the expansion is still not generating enough jobs or reducing...

Burundi is considering bringing home chimpanzees now housed in Kenya and building a national sanctuary for them. A preliminary study puts the construction cost...

Kenya has confirmed its first case of Ebola after a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo tested positive...

American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries...

Ethiopia said Monday that any discussion of the Blue Nile must account for the fact that the river originates in its highlands, a day...

The World Food Programme is seeking $26 million to prepare for and respond to El Niño in Burundi, warning that more than 1 million...

Burundi's Senate unanimously adopted a bill on Tuesday establishing a legal right of access to public information, according to a post on the Senate's...

Burundi will require property owners along roads chosen for paving to contribute toward construction costs, a plan that adds a new direct charge on...