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A parliamentary committee that unearthed the “bad” terms of the Uganda-China’s Exim Bank Entebbe Airport loan agreement has ended its probe, noting that the deal is binding. Joel Ssenyonyi, chairperson of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises, told The EastAfrican that it is impossible to pull out of the agreement given the dire...

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) during a sitting in Kigali this Tuesdaycriticized the Council of Ministers’ failure to

The Former ruling party (CNDD-FDD) spokesman Gélase Ndabirabe was last Friday 8th 2020 elected as the speaker of Burundi’s parliament replacing Pascal Nyabenda after his five year term came to an end. The newly elected Members of Parliament last week kick started the business with the electing of the speaker and his deputy who...

Burundi ministry of trade, tourism, and industry launched this Thursday February 5th, 2021  Burundi Airlines a company to monitor the country’s owned fleet after being grounded for more than 10 years. The government is the main shareholder with 92 percent of the shares while SOCABU and SABENA owns 4 percent of the shares each. 

One of the homes damaged by the floods in the northwestern part of Bujumbura. PHOTO| Burundi Police Twelve people have been confirmed dead in northwestern part of Burundi’s biggest city Bujumbura after a heavy downpour on Sunday early morning. According to the Burundi public security minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, by Sunday afternoon 12 people...

The ruling comes after the leader of opposition party CNL Agathon Rwasa contested last week on the outcome of the results accusing the Electoral Commission and the ruling party CNDD-FDD of inflating the numbers of voters while others voted on behalf of those who died long time ago. PHOTO| FILE. Burundi’s Constitutional Court...

During a meeting that was organized by Burundi’s Ministry of East African Community Affairs, Youth, Sports and Culture in honor of the leaders of cultural clubs to convey the new ministry’s vision, Burundi’s aforementioned minister Ezéchiel Nibigira said that his office is set to promote a cultural diplomacy which will be among the priorities in his docket.

Burundi’s participation in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has significantly expanded its regional trade reach and strengthened cross-border commerce, according to the latest official statistics, with analysts saying the bloc remains one of the country’s most consequential economic partnerships. Recent data from Institut National de la Statistique du Burundi show that...

WHAT HAPPENED? Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, also a professional footballer, both died shortly after midnight on Thursday when the vehicle they were travelling in came off the motorway in the municipality of Cernadilla, in the province of Zamora in the north west of Spain. Spain's Civil Guard told the BBC the brothers were...

The East African Community has deployed a 61-member Election Observation Mission to monitor Uganda’s general elections scheduled for Jan. 15, 2026, as authorities announced a temporary suspension of public internet access and selected mobile services during the election period. The regional bloc said the mission was deployed following an invitation from the Ugandan government...