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According to Burundian police 663 Burundian (226 households) were repatriated from neighboring Tanzania under the tripartite agreement between UNHCR, Burundi and Tanzania. PHOTO| FILE More than six hundreds Burundian refugees were on Wednesday April 29 repatriated to the country after fleeing the politcal crisis that erupted in 2015 when the incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza vied...

Burundi’s presidential candidate Francis Rohero spoke with ESPOIR IRADUKUNDA on his ambitions and the country’s challenges ahead of this month’s general elections. How do you want to be known by Burundians? I am 48 year old Burundian. A citizen who stands to bring change after a long journey of teaching leadership.

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza with the presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye during the launching of the campaigns in Gitega (Bugendana). PHOTO| BurundiTimes Burundi political parties and independent presidential candidates kicked off the campaigns for the presidential elections that are expected to take place next month. Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD started its campaigns in the country’s...

The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) Pierre Claver Kazihise announced that the political parties and Independent candidates were now given a green light to kick start a 21 days campaign. PHOTO| FILE. Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza decreed a law on April 25, 2020, allowing political parties and independent politicians to kick-off the campaign...

Burundi government’s efforts to repatriate Burundians who fled the country comes as the country is expected to conduct general elections in less than a month. PHOTO| FILE. More than seven hundred Burundian refugees were earlier on Thursday repatriated to their home country after spending years in neighboring Tanzania. According to the Burundian authority 717...

Burundi's public security minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni providing relief support to flood victims in Gatumba on April 21,202. PHOTO| BurundiMinistry of Public Security. Burundi government earlier this week provided food and other basic humanitarian needs to families and flood victims who lost their property during a heavy downpour last Sunday in Gatumba located in Bujumbura.

Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD declined to comment on the allegation but had for several times rubbished the accusations saying that they were unfounded and had no grounds. PHOTO| BurundiTimes Burundi’s Council for Liberation (CNL) has yet again accused the ruling party youth wing (Imbonerakure) of harassing and intimidating the party members. The allegations came...

The Tripartite brings together three RECs, including the East African Community into a cooperative framework on the implementation of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA) that was launched in 2015. PHOTO| BurundiTimes The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) has handed over the stewardship of the tripartite group of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)...

The country’s Coronavirus cases stands at 11 in which four of them have been discharged from the hospital after testing negative for the virus. PHOTO| FILE. According to the press release from the Burundi’s ministry for health, five more people have tested positive for the COVID-19 after the tests that were conducted earlier this...

According to the health ministry those who underwent the COVID-19 test were in contact with the first Coronavirus fatal case last week in one of Bujumbura’s private hospitals. PHOTO| FILE One person in Burundi tested positive for Coronavirus making the total number of those infected with the virus in the country to six, according to Burundi’s health...