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Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye last week bemoaned over the country’s judicial system on failing to give justice for Burundians and foreigners living in the country. While addressing judges, lawyers and attorneys in the country’s economic city of Bujumbura, Burundi’s president said that injustice which is caused by corruption in the country’s judicial system is...

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) this week called for member states to implement the Lake Victoria act in efforts to reduce the increased number of accidents in the lake. EALA indicated that Lake Victoria Basin Commission need to establish a maritime transportation to be able to track the maritime accident on the water.

Intra-regional trade within the East African Community (EAC) is on an upward trajectory standing at $10.17 billion in September 2022 according the EAC Secretariat. The intra-EAC trade, accounting for imports and exports between the seven community’s Partner States grew from 13 percent in 2019 at a value of US$7.1 billion to 15 percent in 2021 at a...

The East African Business Council, COMESA and SADC Business Council have officially launched and formed the African Tripartite Business Council to spearhead the inclusion of private sector policy proposals into the negotiations of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and the African Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).  This is one of the resolutions...

The Board of the East African Business Council (EABC) held its 84th Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and outlined priorities set to boost intra-EAC trade and investments. In her speech to the 84th EABC Board Meeting, the Chairperson Ms. Angelina Ngalula lauded the EABC Secretariat for championing the adoption of 35% as the 4th band of...

Patients who had tested positive early this month were retested and four of them tested negative and said to have recovered. PHOTO|FILE. Burundi’s health ministry this Tuesday reported eight new COVID-19 cases from the 158 people who were tested for the virus including the contact tracing which that was made from the previous COVID-19...

On Tuesday 25 May 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and humanitarian partners distributed emergency aid to newly displaced households due to new floods caused by the constant rise of Lake Tanganyika and the Rusizi River. The recent floods have caused further displacement of people and destruction of property. Coordinated by the Directorate...

One of the voters casting her vote in Nyakabiga polling station on May 20th. 2020. PHOTO|FILE. By 6 am local time in Bujumbura polling stations were already opened and voters queued to cast their votes for the next president that will bring an end to President Pierre Nkuruniza’s 15 years in power.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and shaped its domestic and foreign policy with an iron grip, has died at age 86 following a major military strike on Tehran, according to Iranian state media and multiple international news agencies. Iranian broadcasters confirmed his death after...

East African Community (EAC) observers said Uganda’s January 2026 general elections were “largely peaceful” but noted significant logistical challenges, late polling station openings and restrictions on internet access during the vote, according to a preliminary statement released Monday. The EAC Election Observation Mission, deployed at the invitation of Uganda’s Electoral Commission and led by...