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Lack of sugar in Burundi for several months has now resulted in the suspension of some local leaders who were suspected of diverting essential sugar supplies from citizens.

USAID/Burundi has announced a new cooperative agreement that will significantly enhance the HIV/AIDS response in Burundi according to the United States Embassy.

Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday and had put President Ali Bongo under house arrest, stepping in minutes after the Central African state's election

Negotiations for Somalia to join the the East African Community (EAC) kicked off this Tuesday August, 22nd in Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

As the world marks World Breastfeeding Week every first week of August, many breastfeeding mothers in Burundi still face a challenge of breastfeeding their new borns after resuming their work. The World Health Organization (WHO) called on nations to provide facilities of breastfeeding for working women. Burundi's law requires employers to...

Burundi's Central Bank (BRB) urged citizens to use electronic transactions to reduce cash transactions. The cashless payment system is said to be secure, reliable and prevent money laundering "To prevent inflation, the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) is doing a close follow up of the amount of bank notes in circulation regarding...

Farmers in the central province of Muramvya in Burundi are desperate to access international markets for their products in efforts to expand

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.

Burundi traders in the popular markets of Ruvumera and Jabe located in Bujumbura went on strike this Monday morning over the country’s Revenue Authority (OBR) introduced new tariffs for renting the shops in and stands in the markets. “These rates which were imposed on monthly basis doesn’t do any good for traders because the...

Burundi's iSOKO a digital platform which was officially launched in Bujumbura last Friday is set to facilitate the intra-regional trade in the East African Community mainly targeting women traders.  During the official launch of iSOKO Platform that was held at Hotel Club du Lac on Friday 28th of August, Trade Mark Africa (TMA) has...