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Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye, in his final address as chairman of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), highlighted developments in regional...

OSLO, Norway — The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for her...

Kenya’s Harambee Stars battled past an early scare to defeat 10-man Burundi 1–0 on Thursday in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash at...

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has passed the East African Community Statistics Bureau Bill, 2018, a key step toward creating a regional statistics...

Burundi’s new minister of justice has vowed sweeping reforms to ease the country’s overcrowded prisons, including the closure of some facilities and greater reliance...

NAIROBI, Kenya — October 5, 2025 — The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat and the Government of Kenya have launched...

BURURI, Burundi— President Évariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday toured an amethyst extraction site on Migera Hill in Bururi Province, praising a youth-led mining venture as...

Burundi’s Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana on Tuesday urged the international community to formally recognize the 1972 genocide against Hutu people in his country, saying...

A military court in the DRC has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes, treason and...

Match Masters Limited, East Africa’s largest manufacturer of safety matches, has filed an urgent petition at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) challenging...