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UN Human Rights chief happy with tenacity of Afghans during visit to Kabul

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has lauded the “spirit and tenacity” shown by the Afghans to protect their rights.

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Fire razes Kamenge market as traders count losses

Fire gutted Kamenge market considered to be one of the busiest markets in Bujumbura in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

Intwari stadium games to be played behind closed doors

FFB said that football fans invaded the pitch to celebrate with players after a goalless draw between Interstars and Musongati FC. PHOTO|Premier...

Burundi imposes 14 day mandatory quarantine for Electoral Observers

This comes as casting votes is set to be held on May 20, 2020 making it mathematically impossible for the mission to...

Q and A with Dr. Willy Irakoze on irrigation and agriculture market for Burundi

Dr. Ir. Willy Irakoze is the current Director of Research at Burundi Institute for Agricultural Sciences (ISABU), he is also a researcher...

Taliban bars BBC TV programmes in Afghanistan

BBC TV programming has been taken off air in Afghanistan, after the Taliban ordered local channels not to broadcast content from international...

EAC Political Confederation consultations to resume

National consultations for the drafting of the Constitution of the EAC Political Confederation are set to resume across EAC Partner States, with...

Ndirakobuca sworn in as the Prime Minister

Burundi parliament and the senate this Wednesday unanimously voted Gervais Ndirakobuca as the country’s Prime Minister replacing Alain Guillaume Bunyoni after two...

At least 47 dead in Afghanistan after Pakistan attacks: Officials

The death toll from Pakistan’s military air raids on targets in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday has risen to...

28 years of Burundi national unity.

28 years since Burundians voted for the charter of national unity in a referendum conducted on February 1991

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POLITICS

Buyoya to appeal as court sentences him for life

Former Burundi president Pierre Buyoya (70) has rejected the verdict of Burundi’s court that sentenced him for life in prison accused of...

Opposition anniversary celebrations banned in Burundi

Burundi’s minister of Internal Affairs and Public Security Martin Niteretse in a letter dated February 2nd, 2023 suspended anniversary celebrations of the...

DRC now a full EAC member

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now a full member of the East African Community after Kinshasa deposited the instruments of...

Burundi: ‘Traffic police are targeted, two killed’

Burundi Ministry of Internal Affairs bemoans the road accidents that has been happening recently indicating that the traffic police have been systematically...

Ndayishimiye: Burundi is open to mend relations

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye has expressed his government’s intention to mend relations with the European Union and Rwanda since 2015 after the...

Burundi-China agrees to expand Bujumbura airport

Burundi and China have agreed to renovate and modernize Melchior Ndadaye International Airport the country’s only airport located in Bujumbura. “Delighted to proceed this morning with the Ambassador of the...

BUSINESS

NTBs to be reported via phones in Burundi

Burundi cross-border traders and officials will now start using a mobile application to report trade barriers. The East African...

World Bank: Connecting 300 million to electricity by 2030 in Africa

The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group announced on Wednesday April 17th 2024 the partnering on an ambitious effort to...

world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are facing a widening income gap

Despite their high potential to advance global prosperity, one-half of the world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are facing a widening income gap...

African Economies Projected to Grow by 3.4 % in 2024

Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the recovery remains fragile due to uncertain...

ATIDI Backs $7.7 million Hydro Project in Burundi

The pan-African trade insurance agency, The African Trade Investment and Development Insurance (ATIDI), has supported Songa Energy's USD 7.7 million run-of-the-river hydro project...
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Landslide kills 26 in Burundi’s Cibitoke province

One of the landslides near the RN3 road to Rumonge province from Bujumbura in April 2015. Photo: Burundi presidency

Burundi urged to embrace liberalization of air transport 

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has called on Gitega to join other African Union member states and reap the...

Rights Commission calls for urgent intervention as some schools lack infrastructure

CNIDH says the team of four Commissioners deplores pitiful conditions which undermine the right to education and health of these children. PHOTO| CNIDH...

China Eastern plane crash likely intentional, US reports say

Flight data indicates a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March was intentionally put into a nose-dive, according to US media...

Burundi fronts ruling party deputy secretary general for EALA Speakership

Gitega has now fronted Joseph Ntakarutimana the Deputy Secretary General of Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD for the position of speakership that is slated...

‘#SaveDaughtersOfSindh’ trends Ahead of International Women’s Day

Women have started a trending hashtag in Pakistan ahead of the Women’s Day’s celebrations set for March 8. The hashtag...

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...

Patrick Day: Boxer dies in hospital four days after suffering brain injury in Charles Conwell fight

Boxer Patrick Day has died aged 27 - four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against Charles Conwell.

Gitega detracts Catholic Church statement

Last week the Secretary General of the ruling party CNDD-FDD Evariste Ndayishimiye slammed the Catholic leadership statement, accusing the church of trying...
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