Monkeypox Q&A: how do you catch it and what are the risks?
The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries with 110 confirmed cases and a further 205 suspected cases. It’s...
Q&A with Vicent Kayanzari a vanilla farmer in Burundi
Vincent Kayanzari is a Burundian, born in Uganda in 1981. Born in a farming family located near a forest reserve, Kayanzari is now a...
Burundi, DRC’s First Lady visits fistula patients
Democratic Republic of Congo president Felix Tshisekedi ended his three days official visit to Burundi this Monday which was part of strengthening the bilateral...
Mistreatment in childbirth, a human rights and healthcare problem, new study warns
Advancing that mistreatment of “pregnant women, adolescent girls, and persons, as well as newborns” is a “pervasive problem around the globe”, WHO alerted for women everywhere facing...
Afghanistan doctors demand for full pay
Medics staged protests in Afghanistan, to demand their full pay. The doctors and other employees at a COVID-19 hospital over nonpayment of their salaries.Some...
High fertilizer demand may affect price and consumption in Burundi
According to the Africa Fertilizers a joint initiative organization led by International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), fertilizer demand in Burundi is expected to hike...
Burundi Covid-19 cases surge ahead of festive seasons
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...
On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). This decision...
Surge in covid-19 cases, Burundi suspends social gatherings
Burundi’s Internal Affairs minister Gervais Ndirakobuca has ordered provincial governors to suspend all social events and ceremonies during weekdays. The move comes after the...
Burundi imposes mandatory covid-19 testing as schools set re-open
As Students country wide are set to resume studies after a long holiday of almost three months for the reopening of the first term...


