Politics

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye made clear of his country’s position on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine that erupted early this year. President Evariste Ndayishimiye while addressing the journalists in the state house last week was asked whether Russia’s donation of fuel to the country could jeopardize the country’s relation with the European...

Nairobi (AFP), May 4 – Ten Burundian peacekeepers were killed in a ferocious attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on an African Union base in Somalia, Burundi’s army said Wednesday, the deadliest targeting AU forces in the country since 2015. Twenty-five soldiers were also wounded in Tuesday’s assault on the camp in central Somalia and five are...

Barely one month after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community, the region is establishing a force to fight the negative forces in the DRC under the leadership of Kinshasa. During the second region’s Heads of State meeting that took place this Thursday in Nairobi on the invitation of Kenya’s...

Burundi ministry of internal affairs and public security said that on Tuesday two dead bodies were found in one of the Bujumbura suburbs in Gatunguru. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security Pierre Nkurikiye, the dead bodies were found on Tuesday early morning at around 7:45 am local time.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has finally joined East African Community (EAC) after the signing of the treaty of accession to the community. Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta who is the current chair of the summit of the EAC head of state signed the accession of the DRC in Nairobi on 8th April, 2022.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Burundi's ruling party CNDD- FDD Joseph Ntakirutimana on Tuesday paid a courtesy call at the National Resistance Movement party (NRM) headquarters, where he paid tribute to the fallen Speaker and NRM party Vice-chairperson for Northern Uganda, the Rt Hon Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah.  Accompanied by Burundi’s ambassador to Uganda, Epiphanie...

Burundi’s political party Sahwanya-Frodebu is calling for justice after 28 years since the former party leader and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira died in a plane crash in Rwanda after attending a regional summit in Dar es Salaam.  He had just completed two months in the office after being appointed by the National Assembly on January...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court is looking into the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s unexpected move over the weekend to block a parliamentary vote against him and then call for a snap general election. The deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan’s party, threw out the no-confidence motion that Khan had widely been expected to lose, ruling that...

The East African Community (EAC) heads of state held a virtual meeting earlier this Tuesday to conclude the admission of a regional additional member the Democratic Republic of Congo.During the 19th extra ordinary virtual summit, the EAC Heads of state concluded the process of admitting the Democratic Republic of Congo as the seventh member of the community.Kenyan...

Burundi and Uganda held a 3rd session of the Joint permanent commission in Bujumbura to review and take stock of implications of the decisions made during the second session, and recommend new areas of operations and improving the bilateral relations and livelihood of their people. At Kiriri Garden hotel in Bujumbura last week, Burundi and...