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BUJUMBURA,(Burundi Times) — Burundian authorities have launched a nationwide crackdown on price speculation and cross-border smuggling, warning of arrests and asset seizures for those...

KIVUVU, Burundi (July 17, 2025) —All mining operators in Kabarore have been formally instructed to sell their extracted minerals exclusively to Comptoirs Miniers des Exploitations Minières du...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (July 8, 2025) — Leaders from East Africa have raised alarm over fragmented and incompatible digital payment systems that continue to...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Burundi Times) — A high-level regional aviation workshop opened this week in Bujumbura, focusing on the implementation of the Flexible Use of...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi— Burundi’s five newly appointed provincial governors officially took office Friday, completing a sweeping administrative overhaul that reduced the country’s provinces from 18...

WHAT HAPPENED?Jota, 28, and his brother Andre, also a professional footballer, both died shortly after midnight on Thursday when the vehicle they were travelling...

GITEGA, BurundiBurundi’s government is firmly denying allegations that its citizens have been trafficked as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, following a TV5 Monde investigation...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (Burundi Times) — The East African Business Council (EABC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a $1 million grant agreement...

WASHINGTON — Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement in Washington on June 27, pledging to halt years of...

NAIROBI, Kenya— Extreme poverty is rising rapidly in countries plagued by conflict and political instability, with the vast majority of the world’s poorest now...