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Joseph Ntakirutimana is the East African Legislative Assembly Speaker who took over the office in December 2022, he spoke to BurundiTimes in Arusha, Tanzania on the state of the Regional Assembly ahead of his 5 year tenure. What were your expectation on taking over as the EALA Speaker? When I took...

The East African Legislative Assembly released a report this Wednesday indicating the oversight activity that was carried out by the accounts committee that has raised eyebrows on the inflated amount of money to rent the commission’s Head Quarters in Bujumbura. According to the report, the East African Health and Research Commission rent a building...

Burundi’s Intamba mu Rugamba defeated Namibia’s Brave Warriors this Tuesday by 3-2 in their attempt to qualify for the continental prestigious competition the 2023 African Cup of Nations. Namibia just needed one point to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations only for the Intamba mu Rugamba to spoil their party.

Billions of Burundian Francs were collected throughout the ten days of the ultimatum given by the country’s Central Bank to phase out the old banknotes, from 7th to the 17th of June 2023 all over the Burundian territory. The phased out banknotes were of 5,000 and 10,000, in the country’s western provinces of CiBitoke...

Burundi government early this week made a tactical change of the bank notes as speculation continue to flood social media.

Global growth has slowed sharply and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is intensifying amid elevated global interest rates, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. Global growth is projected to decelerate from 3.1% in 2022 to 2.1% in 2023. In EMDEs other than China,...

A 16 year old entrepreneur Ansh Sheth is setting up his legacy in East Africa through training the disadvantaged women on building chatbots for their local businesses. Ansh who is a junior at Harker High School is now working with Women in Technology Uganda (WITU) for the easy accessibility of business and services through...

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Speaker Joseph Ntakirutimana has called for EALA autonomy of the regional assembly sighting that the organ of the community does not freely conduct its activities due to lack of funds. "It is better if EALA is given its freedom...this is not only my voice but the voices of...

In one of the suburbs in the outskirts of Burundi’s commercial city Bujumbura, schools have turned into shelters as floods left the 2020 flood victims stranded. As of last Friday three major sites of Gaharawe, Muyange I and Kinyinya II located in Gatumba in the outskirts of Bujumbura were hit by major floods forcing...

The Uganda Vice President Jessica Alupo on Tuesday, 9th May, 2023 officially opened the 10th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition 2023, themed East Africa as a hub for Investment in Exploration and Exploitation of Petroleum Resources for Sustainable Energy and Socioeconomic Development. The Ugandan Vice President who represented the President of Uganda Yoweri...