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The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) this week called for member states to implement the Lake Victoria act in efforts to reduce the increased number of accidents in the lake. EALA indicated that Lake Victoria Basin Commission need to establish a maritime transportation to be able to track the maritime accident on the water.

KQ carrier at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura (Burundi) PHOTO| Burundi Times Burundi government is expected to suspend all flights in the country as fear grows to prevent the spread of the virus in the country. While addressing the press in Bujumbura the country’s public security minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, called on...

For the 5th edition of this globally-renowned event, panellists and speakers will engage with the impactful 2020 theme. PHOTO| FORBES WOMAN AFRICA  Africa’s most dynamic thought-leaders, industry game-changers and icons of social activism are set to feature at the exclusive FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit presented by Mastercard (#LWS2020KZN) and hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal government...

So far, only fourteen countries out of 29 that belong to the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Community (IOC) have acceded to the Single African Air Transport Market, six years since it was launched. This has limited the potential economic growth and development of the region and greatly affected air connectivity within Africa as air...

Rwanda’s minister of defense Major General Albert Murasira was received by Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye in the country’s capital Gitega as part of the ongoing process to normalize the relations between Kigali and Gitega. The relation between the two countries had hit an all-time low in 2015 when protests against the former president Pierre...

Limited knowledge and information on aflatoxin by stakeholders along the value chain has been identified as one of the major factors inhibiting aflatoxin prevention and

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni while addressing the nation on April 14th. 2020. PHOTO| State House. Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on Tuesday April 15th extended the Country’s lockdown extended to another three weeks as a measure to contain and prevent the spread of the Coronavirus in the country. President Museveni’s move comes as the...

Burundi’s First Lady Angeline Ndayishimiye on Tuesday 2, February 2021 officially launched the Miss Burundi Edition 2021 after years of suspension of the beauty pageant contest for almost four years. In her opening remarks Burundi’s first lady called on organizers to be inclusive and not being biased in selecting the country’s next most beautiful...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now a full member of the East African Community after Kinshasa deposited the instruments of the ratification of the protocols to the Secretary General of the community on Monday. “I confirm now that DRC is a full member and the seventh partner state of the East African...

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye made clear of his country’s position on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine that erupted early this year. President Evariste Ndayishimiye while addressing the journalists in the state house last week was asked whether Russia’s donation of fuel to the country could jeopardize the country’s relation with the European...