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The ceasefire agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo forces and M23 rebel group was broken as clashes have

Musongati FC won the president’s cup 2020 edition after a penalty shootout against Rukinzo football club in Mwumba commune located in Ngozi province. Musongati had taken the early lead just two minutes into the game courtesy from a sublime finish from Yves Kireko but the lead didn’t last long as Derick Kalulika of Rukinzo...

East African Business Council (EABC) Chairperson Angelina Ngalula on Tuesday called on the governments of the East African Community (EAC) Partners States to market East Africa as a single investment destination by showcasing and reinforcing the bloc's comparative and competitive advantage. Speaking at the press conference during her official visit to the EABC Secretariat...

The Burundi government has announced that fishing in Lake Tanganyika will be prohibited starting from May this year, according to the country’s environment minister Sanctus Niragira. “This is true that no fishing activity will be allowed on the Lake Tanganyika starting from May until August this year in all the four countries that shares...

Burundi government’s efforts to repatriate Burundians who fled the country comes as the country is expected to conduct general elections in less than a month. PHOTO| FILE. More than seven hundred Burundian refugees were earlier on Thursday repatriated to their home country after spending years in neighboring Tanzania. According to the Burundian authority 717...

With hundreds of media houses registered by the country’s media regulatory body CNC, the question of professionalism, objectivity, impartiality and basics of doing the profession remains in question. Burundi media fraternity was dealt with a huge blow in 2015 when the political crisis erupted in the country, dragging in several media houses into the...

Burundi's Central Bank (BRB) urged citizens to use electronic transactions to reduce cash transactions. The cashless payment system is said to be secure, reliable and prevent money laundering "To prevent inflation, the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) is doing a close follow up of the amount of bank notes in circulation regarding...

While Burundi this Wednesday announced that the World Bank will fly in covid-19 vaccines, the country’s Internal Affairs minister Gervais Ndirakobuca said that despite the vaccines being accepted in the country the government will not take any responsibility. “Any Burundian who feels or needs to be vaccinated will go and get vaccinated on their...

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 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa – COMESA has developed regional policy frameworks that will assist Member States to improve the quality of solar products that are allowed into the region and achieve the ease the doing of business across borders due to predictable duty regimes. The policy intends to address the...