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The Burundi senate passed 3.9 trillion Burundian francs as the country’s annual budget for the financial year 2024-2025 an increase of 18 percent from financial year ending this July.

Burundi’s Ministry of Public Health has confirmed an outbreak of seasonal influenza affecting several parts of the country, with schools among the most impacted, health officials said Tuesday. Health minister Lyduine Baradahana said health facilities have recorded a rise in patients presenting symptoms such as high fever and cough in recent days.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Youth and women traders across East Africa are urging governments in the region to remove non-tariff barriers (NTBs) that hinder their participation in agri-food trade, citing high costs, duplicative certification processes, and inconsistent standards as major obstacles. Speaking at the opening of the East Africa Cross-Border Trader Associations Forum on Non-Tariff...

Rwandan authorities have confirmed the extradition of Gitanga Prince, a key suspect in the violent assault of 19-year-old Burundian national Guy Divin Haberumugabo. Gitanga, who had fled to Uganda after the attack, was handed over to Rwandan officials this Saturday following an international arrest warrant issued through a mutual legal assistance framework. “Today, Rwanda...

One of the most common ways of the virus transmission is getting into contact with an infected person and exchange contaminated droplets. PHOTO| Reader's Digest Though no case is yet to be confirmed of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Burundi, citizens should start considering refrain from the cultural way of greeting that includes pecks, kisses...

From Right: Uganda's EAC minister Kirunda Kivejinja, EAC Secretary General Limberat Mfumukeko and EALA Speaker Martin Ngoga at the EAC HQ in Arusha while celebrating 20 years of regional integration on November 30th, 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The East African Community (EAC) celebrated 20 years of regional integration since it was revived on...

Burundi's president (Right) with the UN Secretary General's special envoy Michel Kafando in the state house in Bujumbura on June 2017. PHOTO| FILE. The erstwhile Burkinabe president Michel Kafando is set to leave Burundi at the end of November 2019 as his term as a Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Burundi comes...

The International Crisis Group has warned that escalating tensions between Burundi and Rwanda, fueled by the worsening conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, could trigger a “fully blown inter-state confrontation” unless urgent diplomatic measures are taken. The warning appears in the organization’s 2026 peace and security priorities for Africa, which identifies the Burundi-Rwanda...

The Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) spokesman colonel Biyereke Floribert said that there has been ongoing misinformation about the deployment of Burundian army in DRC in efforts to restore peace and stability in the newly annexed East African member state. In his statement that was released on Friday August 26th, the army spokesman said...

The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Peter Mathuki calls for concerted efforts towards equitable global access to vaccines and support in investment to enable production of vaccines in developing nations. While on the sidelines of High-Level debates at the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA, the EAC Secretary General hailed...