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Senegalese Ace Sadio Mane after receiving his award as African Footballer of the Year 2019. PHOTO| CAF Sadio Mane and Asisat Oshoala were crowned as African Player of the Year and Afrocan Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019 held at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada Egypt on...

Granting amnesty to prisoners has been one of the incumbent’s tradition practiced during the New Year’s Eve. PHOTO| FILE. During the New Year’s address, Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza granted amnesty to prisoners sentenced to not more than five years, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and the disabled inmates. “In efforts to promote peace...

Last month Bujumbura mayor and the governor of Burundi’s new capital Gitega imposed a ‘curfew’ on bars. PHOTO| FILE The Burundian government warned youths in the country over drinking alcohol beyond their financial capacity, this comes after a meeting between security officials met last week to assess and determine measures that will guarantee...

One of the homes damaged by the floods in the northwestern part of Bujumbura. PHOTO| Burundi Police Twelve people have been confirmed dead in northwestern part of Burundi’s biggest city Bujumbura after a heavy downpour on Sunday early morning. According to the Burundi public security minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, by Sunday afternoon 12 people...

Members of Parliament from Tanzania trying to take on Burundi in Tug of War at Namboole stadium (Uganda) During the EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games PHOTO| Burundi Times East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) speaker Martin Ngoga with former Tanzanian First Lady Salma Kikwete during the EAC games on Day 6 in Uganda's Namboole Stadium on...

Merck Foundation and Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness through music on building heath care in Africa. PHOTO|FILE Merck Foundation and Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness through music on building heath care in Africa. During the annual Conference...

The Speaker of Burundi National Assembly Pascal Nyabenda while addressing the 13th meeting of EAC Speakers Forum in Kampala(Ugandan) December 10th, 2019. PHOTO|Burundi Times Burundi’s speaker of the National Assembly Pascal Nyabenda has on Tuesday December 10th 2019 hand over the chairmanship of the Bureau of the East African Community Speakers Forum after the end of his...

Hosts Uganda (White and Black jersey) taking on East Africa all stars during an opening match in Kampala (Uganda) on December 8th 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The 10th East African Inter-Parliamentary games kicked off this Monday December 8th 2019 in Uganda’s capital Kampala, the game will see national parliaments from member states and the...

The East African Community Secretary General Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and the German’s Charge d’Affaires Jorg Herrera after signing the agreement on December 4th 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko on Thursday signed an agreement worth $ 128 million with German’s Charge d’Affaires Jorg Herrera in Arusha, the fund...

Over 2.8 million people have now been affected due to unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in Eastern Africa. PHOTO| Red Cross Burundi. The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has called on the regional heads of state to put in place an urgent response fund for floods and environmental disaster victims in the community.