EALA: Forest cover declining, Lake Victoria in dire need for sustainable measures
Chair of the Committee on Accounts, Dr Ngwaru Maghembe, told an attentive House late yesterday that if remedial measures are not taken, Lake Victoria risks being extinct in the next 123 Years. PHOTO| EALA.
A report of the Assembly has lamented over the declining forest cover in the EAC region, while calling for remedial...
Almost six hundred Burundians repatriated from Tanzania
296 families were repatriated including 337 men and 253 women respectively from the provinces of Ruyigi (251) Makamba (163) Cankuzo (40) Rutana (48) Kirundo (10), Muyinga (51) Gitega (6), Bururi (14), Karusi (6) and Muramvya (1) PHOTO| FILE.
At least 590
Burundians have been repatriated from the Nduta camp located in the neighboring
Tanzania, according...
EAC: South Sudan may face sanctions over remittance delay
Article 143 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community indicates that a partner state which defaults in meeting its financial obligations under the EAC treaty, “shall be subject to such sanction as the summit may on the recommendation of the Council determine.” PHOTO|FILE.
The East African Civil Society...
No Nkurunziza for 2020 elections despite calls to contest
Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza on 7th June 2018 announced that he will not contest in the next year’s general elections after serving his term that ends in 2020. PHOTO| Burundi Times
Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza’s spokesman Jean Claude Karerwa has yet again fortified president’s stand ahead of next year’s elections, the spokesman was asked whether...
Gitega detracts Catholic Church statement
Last week the Secretary General of the ruling party CNDD-FDD Evariste Ndayishimiye slammed the Catholic leadership statement, accusing the church of trying to incite hatred among Burundians. PHOTO|FILE.
While speaking to journalists in Rumonge province located in the South Western part of the country, Burundi’s government spokesman Prosper Ntahorwamiye said that the...
Burundi deports 138 foreign nationals for illegal stay
30 Congolese nationals being arrested arrested found in a building Cibitoke suburb loctaed in Bujumbura on September 18/2019. PHOTO| FILE.
Burundi police on Wednesday announced the deportation of at least 138 illegal immigrants in the last two months including 30 students who were found in a house located in the outskirts of Bujumbura...
EACSOF petitions Regional Assembly over remittance delay
According to the regional civil society umbrella, as of September 13th 2019 it was only Uganda and Rwanda who had remitted partially of their contribution for the financial 2019/20. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The East African Civil Society Organizations’ Forum
(EACSOF) has petitioned the East African Legislative Assembly to engage the
Council of Ministers to recommend...
EAC declares Fridays as ‘Afrika Mashariki Fashion Day’
The SCTIFI urged EAC Partner States that produce cotton to set up national cotton lint buffer stock mechanisms to ensure all year-round availability of locally produced cotton lint to spinning mills. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The East African Community (EAC) has declared
Fridays as ‘Afrika Mashariki Fashion Day’ during which East Africans will wear
attires manufactured...
Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show
With forced displacements continuing to increase, refugees and asylum seekers account for close to a quarter of global increases, which have risen by 13 million in number from 2010 to 2017. PHOTO| Burundi Times
The growing number of
international migrants has now reached 272 million, outpacing the growth rate
of the world’s population, according to...
Burundi’s Central Bank moves to stifle the parallel market
Burundi Central Bank governor Jean Ciza while addressing the media on Tuesday 17.September.2019 in Bujumbura. PHOTO| Burundi Times
Burundi’s
Central Bank (BRB) on Tuesday announced new measures that have been put in
place in order for the forex bureaus to comply with the Bank’s official exchange
rate.
“Forex
bureaus will be using a new software...