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The first of May every year is celebrated to pay tribute to workers, and Burundi Labor Day celebration will be done on Monday May 2nd according to the government’s communique. With the celebrations expected to be marked with marching and showcasing different products produced in the country by companies and individuals, this year’s celebration...

Eric Nsabiyumva, 46 years old former drug addict, narrates his story on drug substance abuse and how he overcame it. Creating an association to help addicted individuals from overcoming the nightmare, the mission now is to create a drug free society. The national coordinator of BAPUD (Burundi Association of People who...

After almost a month of fuel crisis in Burundi, the government announced on Thursday the new fuel tariff in the country making it the second time in less than a year for fuel price to increase. Gitega said that there was disruption in the importation and distribution of fuel in the country due to...

During Academy Public-Private Partnership Forum (APPPF) session held in Tanzania (Arusha) early this month, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and technology (NM-AIST) and The East African Business Council (EABC) asked for additional funding to help investors drive Africa’s sustainable economic development. The APPPF that was held at Gran Melia Hotel, Arusha regional...

Eight months since thousands of Afghans fled from the Taliban and arrived in the UK, many are still living in hotels. Others are stranded in Afghanistan, desperate to get out. Earlier this year, the Home Office said about 37,000 asylum seekers and refugees were living in hotels across the UK at...

Barely one month after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community, the region is establishing a force to fight the negative forces in the DRC under the leadership of Kinshasa. During the second region’s Heads of State meeting that took place this Thursday in Nairobi on the invitation of Kenya’s...

A Chinese national has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for torturing local mineworkers in Rwanda after a video showing him whipping a man tied to a post went viral on social media. Sun Shujun, the manager of a mine in the west of the country, was convicted on Tuesday along with an...

Burundi ministry of internal affairs and public security said that on Tuesday two dead bodies were found in one of the Bujumbura suburbs in Gatunguru. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security Pierre Nkurikiye, the dead bodies were found on Tuesday early morning at around 7:45 am local time.

As Muslims marked fifteen days into fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, an organized group of Muslims in Bujumbura arranged and provided food for last year’s flood victims who were left stranded and government relocated them to Maramvya in the outskirts of the Bujumbura. “During Ramadan, we help those in need by donating...

The Taliban regime has now banned students and teachers from wearing neckties in schools. The fresh move coming weeks after the regime that swept into power late last year banned girls from attending secondary school in what has sparked international condemnation. A spokesperson at the Ministry of Education of the Islamic...