ATIDI Backs $7.7 million Hydro Project in Burundi
The pan-African trade insurance agency, The African Trade Investment and Development Insurance (ATIDI), has supported Songa Energy's USD 7.7 million run-of-the-river hydro project on the Ruvyironza River in Burundi.
The 1.65 MW project is expected to be the first hydro Independent Power Producer (IPP) in the country, is set to benefit from ATIDI's Political Risk...
Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show
With forced displacements continuing to increase, refugees and asylum seekers account for close to a quarter of global increases, which have risen by 13 million in number from 2010 to 2017. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The growing number of
international migrants has now reached 272 million, outpacing the growth rate
of the world’s population, according to...
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95
Mr Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia - a British colony, run by its white minority. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
Robert Mugabe, the
Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.
Mr Mugabe had been
receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He...
South Sudan to suspend schools over high temperatures
A statement from the South Sudan ministry of Environment and Forestry released on March, 14th indicated that Juba and most parts of South Sudan is experiencing a heatwave.
“It is forecasted that this heatwave will last at least two weeks. Therefore, it is critical to take proper safety measures during this humid and hot...
Burundi: Quarantine days down to four
Burundi government last week announced that the days of travelers arriving into the country mainly through Melchior Ndadaye International airport has been reduced from 7 to 4 days.
Burundi’s health minister Thaddee Ndikumana said that after reviewing the state of the pandemic in the country, “we found it necessary to reduce the days of...
Singing to empower women in Africa
Merck Foundation and Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness through music on building heath care in Africa. PHOTO|FILE
Merck Foundation and
Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness
through music on building heath care in Africa.
During the annual
Conference...
Burundi’s EALA chapter participates in Stadium construction
The East African Legislative Assembly Burundi Chapter which was led by its Chairperson Momamo Karerwa this Wednesday
Guterres warns of terrorism in Afghanistan
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of the effects of terrorism in Afghanistan, blaming it on a power vacuum.
Guterres who spoke at the Munich Security conference said terrorists were exploiting power vacuums and subverting fragile states.
"The risks of terrorism spillover out of Afghanistan, as well as the...
Ndayishimiye: Public servants need to change
As Burundi marked the Labour Day under the theme “Let’s work so as everyone reap what they sow”, president Evariste Ndayishimiye was yet again critical to public servants whom he said were not innovative and only depended on monthly salaries.
“Most of the public servants are like domestic workers or maids who only wait...
Burundi’s Nyabenda hands over chairmanship of EAC Speakers Forum
The Speaker of Burundi National Assembly Pascal Nyabenda while addressing the 13th meeting of EAC Speakers Forum in Kampala(Ugandan) December 10th, 2019. PHOTO|Burundi Times
Burundi’s speaker of the National Assembly
Pascal Nyabenda has on Tuesday December 10th 2019 hand over the
chairmanship of the Bureau of the East African Community Speakers Forum after
the end of his...