04-24-2019 ■ Many houses have already been destroyed and others are about to collapse in different parts of the economic capital of Burundi. An expert says there has been a poor land management. In Kinanira neighborhood of Muha urban commune, the road is about to be destroyed by a ravine which (...)

04-18-2019 ■ The Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock returned on April 17 in the Rusizi Natural Park, a gazelle found on April 16 in Isare commune of Bujumbura province. “The gazelle was wandering in the neighborhoods of Isare. We thank the woman who, instead of slaughtering or selling it, (...)

04-11-2019 ■ Some inhabitants of Buterere neighborhood especially in Kinyankonge area say they are threatened by floods. They say they live in fear every time it rains because Kinyankonge river flows into their households and fields. Zainabu Baricako, a mother of four children, says whenever she goes to do her business, (...)

04-11-2019 ■ Gaspard Ntakimazi, expert in hydrobiology says it is normal that water fountains get dry while others continue to dry up following climate changes. “We were not accustomed to water sources that dry up in the country but this used to happen in other countries throughout the world,” he says (...)

03-29-2019 ■ Part of a school commonly known as “Kwa Vyisi” and its fence has already collapsed. School activities have been suspended since the past three weeks. The ravine is located in Kinanira 2 area, in Musaga neighborhood of Muha commune, in the south of the capital Bujumbura. So far, it (...)

03-27-2019 ■ At least 20 houses have already been destroyed and others are about to collapse in Kuwinterekwa quarter in Gihosha zone of Ntahangwa commune in the northern part of Bujumbura since the past two months. Soil compaction is the cause. Destroyed houses, others half damaged, small and big ravines as (...)

03-22-2019 ■ Experts call for measure to protect Lake Tanganyika which is the main source of clean water in Burundi. On the occasion of the celebration of the world Water Day this 22 March, Gaspard Ntakimazi, university lecturer and environmentalist, says the pipes used for the abstraction of drinking water from (...)

03-19-2019 ■ Domestic waste risks overflowing into households in Mugarura quarter of Buterere zone in Ntahangwa urban commune in the north of Bujumbura capital. Trucks used to collect waste do not have access to the dumping ground. “The road to this place is now blocked”, says one of the employees of (...)

03-15-2019 ■ A collapsed ravine has already caused the destruction of at least three houses leaving others threatened in Muha urban commune, in the south of the Burundian capital. The population asks for the government intervention. Pasteur Bizimana, owner of a house that has been destroyed, says the gully was noticed (...)

02-26-2019 ■ Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Lives Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock has said all the people living around Buterere wastewater plant in the north of the capital Bujumbura illegally occupied the locality and therefore have to leave it. ock has said all the people living around Buterere wastewater (...)