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Burundi: Key Opposition leader Agathon Rwasa barred from legislative elections

January 3, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

In Burundi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) rejected the candidacy of Agathon Rwasa, a prominent opposition figure, along with around ten members of “A […]

Burundi’s Avocado Revolution: Farmers Unite for Fair Prices

October 8, 2024 Pawla Nibramich 0

Burundi’s avocado farmers have transformed their industry through collective action and government support. Previously earning a mere 10 cents per kilogram, farmers now receive about […]

Mpox: 171 cases reported in Burundi

August 23, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Burundi’s Health Minister announced a total of 171 confirmed cases of mpox on August 22, with the first cases reported just last month. According to […]

Burundi: 2024/25 Budget to Increase by Nearly 16% Due to Unfreezing of Civil Servants’ Salary Bonuses

June 14, 2024 Pawla Nibramich 0

Burundi’s Finance Minister, Audace Niyonzima, announced on Thursday that the country’s budget for the 2024/25 financial year, starting in July, will increase by 15.9% to […]

Floods Cause Widespread Destruction in East Africa, with Burundi Bearing the Brunt

April 23, 2024 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Deadly floods are devastating many parts of East Africa due to heavy rainfall, prompting Burundi to seek international aid. Lake Tanganyika’s rising waters have submerged […]

Burundi closes its land borders with neighboring Rwanda indefinitely

January 12, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Nothing goes well between Gitega and Kigali… Burundi announced mid-afternoon on Thursday January 11 that it was closing all its land borders with Rwanda, according […]

Twenty dead in a rebel attack in the west, according to the Burundian government

December 26, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Twenty people, including 19 civilians, were killed in western Burundi, the government announced on Saturday, in an attack claimed by the RED-Tabara rebel group, which […]

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An NGO accuses Burundian soldiers of rape in the DRC

December 18, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Burundian soldiers deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have “raped and abused Congolese civilians”, a Burundian human rights NGO accused on Friday […]

Somalia joins the Community of East African States

November 27, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

Somalia is now part of the Community of East African States (EAC). This regional organization has a single market, allowing the free movement of goods […]

Former Burundian Prime minister faces life sentence

November 10, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

A life sentence was requested on Thursday November 09 against Burundi’s former all-powerful Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, accused of wanting to “overthrow the constitutional regime”, […]

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