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Burundi’s Inter Star football club will lock horns with their bitter rivals Vital'o in a friendly game that will be welcoming football fans to the stadium after being suspended due to the outbreak of the pandemic. A friendly game between the two national football club giants is expected to take place on January 2,...

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza backed the decision urging Burundians “to take drinks at home and share with their family members”. PHOTO| FILE. Curfew on bars in Bujumbura have raised mixed reactions in citizens and bar owners on the impact the measure is causing to the Burundian society and the economy. In November...

According to the Africa Fertilizers a joint initiative organization led by International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), fertilizer demand in Burundi is expected to hike causing inflation of the fertilizer price. “There is low fertilizer demand in the country. Planting of the “2022A” season crops was concluded in October and harvesting has begun. For other...

Vincent Kayanzari is a Burundian, born in Uganda in 1981. Born in a farming family located near a forest reserve, Kayanzari is now a vanilla farmer, started farming at the age of 13 after getting some Knowledge from school.  He spoke with Burundi Times’ Joella Niciteretse on how vanilla business is like. When did you start cultivating Vanilla? Why?

With Burundi law prohibiting the importation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), experts have warned that lack of proper equipment may see GMOs imported in the country. On October 8th, 2022 Burundi received a batch of 120 tonnes of PAN 53 maize seed. However Willy Irakoze a Research director at the Burundi Institute of Agronomic...

The Burundi ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security has since last week started implementing the implementation of speed limits for vehicles countrywide and particularly in the country’s economic city of Bujumbura. “The Poliscans which measure the speed of vehicles within the captured area will be put in action from Tuesday,” a statement reads...

As the East African Community Inter-Parliamentary games marked its third day after the official launching last Monday, the East African Legislative Assembly considered to be the underdogs in the competitions pulled out shock wins against Kenya and Uganda. On Thursday morning the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Men’s volley ball team locked horns with...

Burundi’s men national football team Intamba mu Rugamba has shown the new face under the new management after winning two and drawing one from their last three matches which includes two matches from the 2021 AFCON qualifiers. After the 3-1 victory against Mauritania, Burundi’s new head coach Jimmy Ndayizeye indicated that determination and confidence...

CNIDH says the team of four Commissioners deplores pitiful conditions which undermine the right to education and health of these children. PHOTO| CNIDH The Burundi National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) has called on stake holders to take swift action on the gruesome situation witnessed in some public schools in the country. On...

The President of Burundi Basketball Federation Jean Paul Manirakiza alongside the New Star's team delegation vowed to appeal against International Basketball Federation (FIBA) decision to eliminate the country’s basketball team from securing the qualification to the Basketball Africa League (B.A.L) tournament that will take place in Dakar, Cairo and Kigali from 5 March - 28 May 2022.