Ten days ultimatum lapses for old bank notes
Billions of Burundian Francs were collected throughout the ten days of the ultimatum given by the country’s Central Bank to phase out the old banknotes, from 7th to the 17th of June 2023 all over the Burundian territory.
The phased out banknotes were of 5,000 and 10,000, in the country’s western provinces of CiBitoke...
Burundi: ‘Traffic police are targeted, two killed’
Burundi Ministry of Internal Affairs bemoans the road accidents that has been happening recently indicating that the traffic police have been systematically knocked down on the roads while performing their duty.
“Since the beginning of 2022, 37 policemen have been victims of road accidents. They have caused death of 2 police officers whereas 35...
WHO chief censored on China’s internet after calling zero-Covid unsustainable
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...
Grenade attack leaves dozens injured in Bujumbura
Grenade attack in the city center in Bujumbura has left dozens injured
Continental Rights courts sign agreement on cooperation
From Left: Eduardo F. Mac-Gregor Poisot (President of the Inter-Amercan court, Sylvain Ore (president of the African Court) and Angelika Nussberger (vice president of the European Court) after signing the agreement in Uganda on 29.July.2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The African
Court, European and inter-American court of Human Rights signed a memorandum of
understanding in efforts to...
More than 100,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict zones around the world between 2005-2020
Between 2005 and 2020, the United Nations verified over 266,000 grave violations against children committed by parties to conflict in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, UNICEF said today in a new report.
This figure is a fraction of the violations believed to have occurred, as...
Q and A with Gerarde Minani, mother of 5 battling breast cancer
Ranked second killing cancer in Burundi, October is a breast cancer awareness dedicated month, Gerarde Minani, a 48 years old mother of 5 children and a nurse at Muyinga Hospital spoke to Burundi Times’ Joella Nticiteretse of her battle with breast cancer. She is still under treatment, according to her the doctors recommended to stay under treatment...
Burundi EALA members unveiled, competition ahead
The Burundi parliament on Wednesday 14th approved the nine members who will represent the country in the 5th parliament of the East African Legislative Assembly.
“We hope we are going to deliver our utmost and serve the community and we are looking forward to take the speakership,” said one of the EALA members.
NTBs hinders businesses as Tanzania-Burundi Trade Fair kicks off
A Burundian trader explaining to some of his customers about his locally manufactured products on August/30/2019. PHOTO| BurundiTimes.
Under the auspices of the Tanzanian embassy in Burundi, a four day trade fair was officially opened in Bujumbura this Friday with the aim to share experience and network between traders of the two...
Ethnic quota evaluation kicks off in Burundi
The Burundi senate in Gitega on Monday officially flagged off the ethnic quota evaluation exercise on whether to abolish or maintain the quota system as scripted in the Burundi constitution.