Government calls on Burundian Youths to drink what they can afford
Last month Bujumbura mayor and the governor of Burundi’s new capital Gitega imposed a ‘curfew’ on bars. PHOTO| FILE
The Burundian government warned youths in the country over drinking alcohol beyond their financial capacity, this comes after a meeting between security officials met last week to assess and determine measures that will guarantee...
Singing to empower women in Africa
Merck Foundation and Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness through music on building heath care in Africa. PHOTO|FILE
Merck Foundation and
Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo Addo stepped up last week to raise awareness
through music on building heath care in Africa.
During the annual
Conference...
EAC to set up Urgent response fund for floods and environmental disaster victims
Over 2.8 million people have now been affected due to unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in Eastern Africa. PHOTO| Red Cross Burundi.
The East African Legislative Assembly
(EALA) has called on the regional heads of state to put in place an urgent
response fund for floods and environmental disaster victims in the community.
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...
Nkurunziza launches peace torch tour
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza while officially lauching the Peace Torch Tour in Karusi on September 10/2019. PHOTO| Burundi Presidency
While in Karusi
province located in the north eastern part of the country, Burundi president
Pierre Nkurunziza launched the 13th edition of the peace torch tour
in efforts to promote peace and solidarity within Burundians.
Zimbabwe set to ratify African Court protocol
Zimbabwe’s president said that his country strongly cherishes and values Pan Africanism and the organs that exemplify the ideal. PHOTO|FILE.
Zimbabwe is set to ratify the
protocol on establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed that his country is set to ratify
the protocol after the recent...