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NATO mulls how to define China: ‘Systemic challenge’ or worse?

NATO’s first new strategy concept in a decade will cite China as a concern for the first time, but member states remain...

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Citizens hail government’s move to ban worshipping 

Majority of Burundian citizens have hailed the government’s move to ban citizens from going to worshipping places during the working hours in...

Joint NGO letter ahead of EU-China summit

Brussels, 18 March 2022 To: Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission

UN Special envoy condemns Taliban ban on girl’s education

A Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen has condemned Taliban's ban on girl's attending school. Knudsen told the...

Burundi government warns over increased violence by politicians

According to the Burundi public security minister more than 60 people were arrested in connection the violence that was witnessed between Ruling...

African businesses set to drive transformational agenda across continent

At the margins of the EU-Africa Business Forum, the International Trade Centre (ITC) signed a partnership with the Africa Business Council (AfBC)...

Kenya strengthens ties with Burundi, eyes DRC market

The free trade zone near DRC will be offered to Kenya’s private sector business men including the chambers of commerce and...

A.U justifies recalling the Permanent Representative, Diaspora petitions to reverse the move

Recorded clips surfaced on different social media accounts while Ms. Chihombori criticized some African leaders of remaining tight lipped on the...

Afghanistan most affected by terrorism in 2021

Afghanistan has been listed top in countries most affected by terrorism last year. This is according to the Global Terrorism Index published...

Covid-19 cases in Burundi jumps to six

According to the health ministry those who underwent the COVID-19 test were in contact with the first Coronavirus fatal case last week...

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POLITICS

Burundi calls for extradition of coup plotters

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye called on Rwanda to handover 2015 coup plotters during a meeting with the United Nations’ Special Envoy of...

Burundi: 721 returns home from Tanzania

The voluntary repatriation exercise of Burundian refugees is undertaken in pone continued phase with possibility of a gradual increase in the...

Tshisekedi and Kagame at loggerheads

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Felix Antoine Tshisekedi has fired back to President Paul Kagame’s accusations that Kinshasa continued to...

Former Burundi president laid to rest

A procession goes round the stadium carrying the remains fo Burundi's late president Pierre Nkurunziza on Friday 26th.June.2020. PHOTO| Burundi Times

Burundi political party calls for justice 28 years on

Burundi’s political party Sahwanya-Frodebu is calling for justice after 28 years since the former party leader and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira died...

EAC secures $1.4 million for feasibility study of key road project

The East African Community (EAC) has secured $1.4 million for a feasibility study on a key section of the Northern Transport Corridor linking Kenya and Uganda.

BUSINESS

10th East African Petroleum Conference kicks off in Kampala

The Uganda Vice President Jessica Alupo on Tuesday, 9th May, 2023 officially opened the 10th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition 2023,...

Commodity Prices to Register Sharpest Drop Since the Pandemic

Global commodity prices are expected to decline this year at the fastest clip since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, clouding the...

Ndayishimiye officially unveils 7.5MW Solar Plant

The Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye this Monday officially inaugurated Mubuga Solar Plant in the country’s capital Gitega. The solar...

IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement of $261 million with Burundi

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Mame Astou Diouf, Mission Chief for Burundi, visited Bujumbura during February 2−12 and...

Fuel crisis hits Burundi again

Burundi again is facing a fuel crisis after months of what citizens called “sufficient fuel” the country. Despite diesel...
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Burundi celebrates 32 years of National Unity 

Burundi this week celebrated 32 years since the country adopted the National Unity charter after a referendum in 1991.  ...

Burundi commemorates 31 years of National Unity

Burundi has celebrated 31 years since a referendum on the Charter of the country’s unity was signed back in 1991.

Evergrande: Crisis-hit property giant faces deadline after bosses quit

Embattled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande is expected to deliver a preliminary restructuring plan this week, following the exit of two bosses.

Burundi general elections conducted amid tight security

One of the voters casting her vote in Nyakabiga polling station on May 20th. 2020. PHOTO|FILE. By 6 am local...

Q and A with Sandra Michelle Harerimana sharing her experience in Karate

Ms. Sandra Michelle Harerimana is a 34 years old Burundian woman who has been practicing karate since 2014 in club RUMURI KARATE Do,...

Somalia moves closer to join EAC

The Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged the East African Community to fast-track his country’s admission into the regional bloc.

Some Burundians turn to herbs to fight COVID-19

Last week when Burundi’s health ministry announced eleven new COVID-19 cases in the country. PHOTO|FILE. Some residents in Burundi...

Two US lawmakers want Pakistan army actions in Bangladesh liberation declared genocide

A legislation has been tabled in the House of Representatives seeking to declare Pakistan Army's actions during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war as genocide...

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...