Somalia becomes 8th EAC member state
Somalia has now officially become a full member of the East African Community after the country deposited its ratification instrument of the treaty of accession on Monday.
World Bank: Gender disparity still high
Women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men.
A new World Bank Group report shows that global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought as women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men.
“No country provides equal opportunity for women not even the...
Kiir arrives in Bujumbura over DRC, Rwanda talks
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit this Friday landed at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura where he is expected to meet Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye to address the growing tension between Burundi-Rwanda relations and the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
This is the first time the South Sudan president Salva...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Fuel price in Burundi drops by 8 percent
Burundi’s Minister of Energy and Mines Ibrahim Uwizeye yesterday said that following the decline in the world prices of petroleum products, “there was also a decrease in the costs of transporting these products by
Burundi: More than 500 prisoners released under presidential amnesty
Atleast 558 prisoners with minor offenses were released in Burundi as part of President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s amnesty.
Rwanda under pressure for supporting M23 rebels
Kigali is now increasingly getting under immense pressure accused of supporting the M23 rebel group that has continued to destabilise the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Now the United States of America condemned worsening violence in the eastern DRC on February 17th, 2024 which it says is caused by the ‘actions...
Ndayishimiye in DRC for Peace and Security talks
Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye landed this Tuesday in Kinshasa for consultations on Peace and Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to the Burundi presidency, president Ndayishimiye traveled to Kinshasa as part of the consultations in his capacity, “as President of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic...
Burundi to receive malaria vaccine, US partnership fortifies
The United States Global Malaria Coordinator Dr. David Walton on Thursday February 9th said that Burundi is expected to receive malaria vaccines in June this year following the country’s application to be part of the program last year.
While addressing the press in Bujumbura yesterday, Dr. Walton indicated that the deployment of malaria vaccine...
Burundi- Cuba marks 50 year relation
This Friday Burundi and Cuba marks 50 years of diplomatic relations that dates back to 2 February 1974.