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06-20-2014 ■ Dudu T. Niyukuri, a gospel singer has recently come back from Europe after a one-month Tour with a good message to Burundian youths.–Yves Didier Irakoze “During my tour in Scandinavian countries i.e. Sweden and Denmark and also Belgium, I got the opportunity to discuss with the Burundian Diaspora who (...)

06-20-2014 ■ 3 young Burundians from three universities trained since March 2014 in Peace building and Good governance at Arusha, Tanzania have recently come back. The scholarship was given by the EAC in partnership with GIZ.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “The training was of a so paramount importance that we saw how (...)

06-19-2014 ■ Many parents fear to talk about sexuality to their children because they find it a taboo. This is mainly due to the lack of sexuality education they didn’t get during their childhood. Then, this issue is a big problem to both parents and children.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “I feel (...)

06-17-2014 ■ Gathered in Youth Entrepreneurs’ Park, Burundian youths have found out solutions in fighting against unemployment and creating their own jobs.-Diane Uwimana “Our main objective is to create long and sustainable jobs as youths constitute about 60% of the population. We want to promote entrepreneurship to youths,” says Emile Uwezowamungu, (...)

06-15-2014 ■ While Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya have already used the single tourist visa inside their countries, Burundi is still slow to join its EAC partners.–By Diane Uwimana “It is a great loss for Burundi touristic agencies for not joining others in the use of the EAC single tourist visa,” regrets (...)

06-13-2014 ■ Commissioner General Kieran Holmes is satisfied with the great step OBR has reached during his four-year mandate at the Head of the first tax administration in Burundi (OBR). However, there are still some challenges.-By Diane Uwimana and Irakoze Yves Didier The OBR mission is to assess, collect, and comprehensively (...)

06-13-2014 ■ People gathered at Carama site salute the initiative of providing them rooms to live in. However, the latter are not big enough. They ask for more additional space.-By Yves Didier Irakoze According to Jean Marie Niyonzima, responsible of the site, the new rooms are of 6m to 10. They (...)

06-10-2014 ■ Sellers who run business upstairs the former building at “Au Parisien” near Village Market and Burundi Credit Bank (BCB) get benefit from the new market though the people’s purchasing power is low due to poverty.-Yves Didier Irakoze N.E. is a seller of women clothes found at the new market. (...)

06-10-2014 ■ The National Touristic Board gathered people from hotels, travel agencies, renting cars companies, etc to sensitize them to the importance of collecting and creating touristic data base in Burundi. The workshop took place last Friday at Star Hotel of Bujumbura.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “The data will have a statistic (...)

06-09-2014 ■ This 16 year- young boy was burnt by his employer for letting his bicycle be stolen.-By Diane Uwimana It is unbelievable. Who on earth would do this for a young child while he/she is a parent! His left forearm was burnt. Imagine! How it is painful to be burnt (...)