Burundi-DRC constructs 130m bridge to ease movement
Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo are constructing a 130-meter bridge with an estimated cost of approximately 24 billion Burundian Francs that will...
Ndayishimiye meets stakeholders to revamp the economy
Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday March 14, 2024 met with stakeholders and those in Burundi’s ministry of trade, Transport, Industry and Tourism to...
EALA calls for liberalization and domestication of the East African air space
The East African Legislative Assembly on Tuesday called on member states to expedite the liberalisation and domestication of the East African Community airspace.A motion...
AU approves SADC deployment despite Rwanda’s protest
A virtual meeting was held on 4th March 2024 by the African Union Peace and Security Council to consider the situation in
East Africa’s economy to grow by 5 percent in 2024
CEO Roundtable Meeting on East African Integration and Economic Outlook 2024 organized by the East African Business Council (EABC) in
Somalia becomes 8th EAC member state
Somalia has now officially become a full member of the East African Community after the country deposited its ratification instrument of the treaty of accession on Monday.
World Bank: Gender disparity still high
Women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men.A new World Bank Group report shows that global gender gap for women in the workplace...
Kiir arrives in Bujumbura over DRC, Rwanda talks
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit this Friday landed at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura where he is expected to meet Burundi president...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Fuel price in Burundi drops by 8 percent
Burundi’s Minister of Energy and Mines Ibrahim Uwizeye yesterday said that following the decline in the world prices of petroleum products, “there was also a decrease in the costs of transporting these products by


