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The European Union (EU) has reiterated its willingness to support East African Community (EAC) Partner States to curb cross-border security threats in the region. The Head of the EU Delegation to Tanzania and the EAC, Amb. Manfredo Fanti, disclosed earlier this week that the EU was implementing various regional peace and security initiatives in...

A security think tank has warned that religious extremism is likely to worsen in Pakistan unless the state adopts a gradual policy shift toward the separation of religion and politics. This is according to a report published by security think tank Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). In a report titled "How Youth in Sindh...

Burundi maintained its place for three consecutive years in as far as corruption is concerned according to the 2021 report from Transparency International. Burundi was ranked as the 169th with 19 points out of 180 countries leaving behind 11 countries as corruption levels remained stagnant worldwide compared to the previous year. “The...

Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye on Wednesday was in the center of the limelight as he surprisingly wore traditional clothes and took on the stage to command the drummers (Abatimbo) in Gishora while ending his nationwide tour that started on January 7th. Wearing the colors of Burundian flag as a traditional wear for the drummers...

Accompanied by the First Lady SE Angeline Ndayishimiye, the President of the Republic SE Evariste Ndayishimiye continued his tourism campaign this Thursday January 13th visiting the National Park of Ruvubu, a tourist attraction spreading through the provinces of Muyinga and Cankuzo provinces up to the Tanzanian border on an area of 50,800 ha. After...

The Mobile Money transfer agents have called on the suspension of the new tariffs imposed by mobile telephone communications that has been hectic for both customers and agents. During a meeting that was held this Thursday 13, January, under the auspices of the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) and in collaboration with...

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 government have called on its citizens to respect the Covid-19 preventive measures as Gitega says there have been a surge in cases for the past weeks. In a statement Burundi’s internal affairs minister Gervais Ndirakobuca said that in recent days, authorities say that they observed a clear slackening in strict compliance with imposed...

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.

Inside the Ten days of the East African Community Inter-parliamentary games in pictures that kicked off in Arusha(Tanzania) from 6th and expected to end on 17th December 2021. Members of the East African Legislative Assembly celebrating during the official opening of the Inter-Parliamentary games. Procession for the Kick-off of...