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The road to exporting avocados to China for Kenyan farmers appears not only to be too long and winded, but also very bumpy. So lengthy is the road that after years of lobbying and six months since Kenya signed a deal with the Asian nation to export the produce, no fruit has left the...

Last Monday Burundi Internal Affairs ministry announced that two dead bodies were found in a locked building in Kamenge a suburb in Bujumbura. “The dead bodies was of a man and a woman from the same locality. The circumstances of their death are not elucidated yet. But the most plausible hypothesis would be occult...

The Burundi ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security has since last week started implementing the implementation of speed limits for vehicles countrywide and particularly in the country’s economic city of Bujumbura. “The Poliscans which measure the speed of vehicles within the captured area will be put in action from Tuesday,” a statement reads...

They started the tournament slowly, but a dangerous Nigeria is picking up momentum at WAFCON 2022 and they have Burundi in their sights tonight at Rabat’s Moulay El Hassan Sports Complex, as they look to qualify for the quarter finals in style. Both sides need a win to secure qualification for the knockout stages,...

The Chief Executive Officer of the East African Business Council (EABC) Mr. John Bosco Kalisa last Saturday urged EAC Partners States to have common regional policies on future global shocks to enhance economic resilience and rebound amid COVID-19. Speaking at the News Editors Round Table on Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and Economies in the...

As far as fate is concerned, what are the odds that a team finds itself in a David and Goliath affair having to prove that they have what it takes to conquer? Well, ahead of the last Group C ties set for Sunday at the ongoing TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, the debuting...

The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution on Friday condemning rights violations against women and girls in Afghanistan, urging the ruling Taliban to end restrictive practices described as making them "invisible" in society. The Taliban seized power for a second time in Afghanistan last August as international forces backing a pro-Western government pulled out.

Burundi’s Women’s National team failed to impress in their opening group C match against Botswana as they were thrashed 4-2. The two sides took on the continental stage for the very first time ever at Moulay El Hassan stadium in Morocco during the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (wafcon) 2022 match held on Monday...

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye awarded the United States ambassador to Burundi Melanie Harris Higgins with a medal in recognition to her efforts in strengthening the relations between the two countries. During Burundi’s 60th Independence Day celebrations in Bujumbura on July 1st, President Evariste Ndayishimiye gave the US ambassador Melanie Harris Higgins a medal of...

Between 2005 and 2020, the United Nations verified over 266,000 grave violations against children committed by parties to conflict in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, UNICEF said today in a new report. This figure is a fraction of the violations believed to have occurred, as...