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Most of the young girls and women from Burundi who are trafficked to Asian countries hoping for a greener pasture end up in life threatening conditions. PHOTO| Burundi Times Timothy Niyonkuru a 28 year old Burundian and a father of a two year old Jaquelin, his wife was in 2017 intercepted and detained by the Burundian police while...

According to Burundian police 663 Burundian (226 households) were repatriated from neighboring Tanzania under the tripartite agreement between UNHCR, Burundi and Tanzania. PHOTO| FILE More than six hundreds Burundian refugees were on Wednesday April 29 repatriated to the country after fleeing the politcal crisis that erupted in 2015 when the incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza vied...

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...

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 head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China's internet after questioning the sustainability of the country's zero-Covid policy. The censorship on Weibo and WeChat, China's two largest social media platforms, targets WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' comments that expressed rare disagreement with Beijing's policies. "When we...

The Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye this Monday officially inaugurated Mubuga Solar Plant in the country’s capital Gitega. The solar energy plant was created between the Burundi government and GigaWatt Global which is expected to generate 7.5MW. In his speech, the Head of State hailed "a real accelerator of socio-economic development".

Patients who had tested positive early this month were retested and four of them tested negative and said to have recovered. PHOTO|FILE. Burundi’s health ministry this Tuesday reported eight new COVID-19 cases from the 158 people who were tested for the virus including the contact tracing which that was made from the previous COVID-19...

Other sectors in which the Commission reviewed were distribution agreements affecting alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and the fast-moving consumer goods. PHOTO| FILE. More than twelve trade agreements which have been operational in the Common Market for several years have been banned for being anti-competition. The action was taken by the COMESA Competition Commission...

For the 5th edition of this globally-renowned event, panellists and speakers will engage with the impactful 2020 theme. PHOTO| FORBES WOMAN AFRICA  Africa’s most dynamic thought-leaders, industry game-changers and icons of social activism are set to feature at the exclusive FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit presented by Mastercard (#LWS2020KZN) and hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal government...

Kenya’s presidential candidate and leader of Azimio La Umoja coalition party Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected the results announced by the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). “The figures announced by Mr.Chebukati are null and void and must be quashed by a court of law,” said Raila Odinga while addressing the press on...