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04-23-2014 ■ This Sunday, 14th April 2014, a Slalom has been organized at Bujumbura to resume motor sport activities. An Interview with Anselme Bigirimana, the Chairman of Burundi Automobile Club (CAB).-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse What does Slalom mean? Slalom is a skilled and Timed Manoeuvrability Event of starting and braking on (...)

04-23-2014 ■ On 9 April 2014, a bus called “Gaagaa Coach” operating Bujumbura- Kampala caught fire. It was coming from Uganda to Burundi. Everything inside burned.-By Yves Didier Irakoze It was 2:30 am when the incident occurred. The bus was leaving not so far from Gatuna border (Uganda) to Kigali (Rwanda). All (...)

04-23-2014 ■ The fundamental school system, some advantages and challenges after six months.-By Diane Uwimana At the international level, a fundamental school must fulfil the increasing access and equity, quality improvement, learning pertinence as well as change processes. Antime Mivuba, an educational expert, indicates that it is very early to notice (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Beans constitute the main source of proteins, carbohydrates and enriched in mineral salts. Often called meat for poor people, beans can now be transformed into other food to enrich our nutrition.-Diane Uwimana The Burundi Agricultural scientific Institute carries out seeds’ experimentation from its plantation to its transformation. “We must (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Since 28 years now, the Professional Development and Training Center (CFPP) has been training unschooled youth. CFPP also welcomes the ones who are in conflict with the traditional schooling system. The center is one of the rare ways to access the work market without an academic degree.-Joanna Nganda “When (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Stakeholders from the public, civil society, media institutions in Burundi established National Interim Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Network on 11th April 2014.-By Diane Uwimana Twelve members drawn from different institutions (public and civil society) constitute the Interim PHE Network and will be coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Burundi Government warns people who had lands near Kajeke River not to accept false rumors spread by crooks that they will receive compensations while the process was over.-Yves Didier Irakoze “There must be a compensation for those who had lands near Kajeke river area because of the work activities (...)

04-20-2014 ■ In Burundi and in the world, cases of people struck by lightning are frequent nowadays. Pr Pierre Nzohabonayo, Physicist and Lecturer at the University of Burundi indicates that it is due to climate change.-Lorraine Josiane Manishatse “The frequency of people or any other body struck by lightning is related (...)

04-20-2014 ■ Burundian Women living with HIV/ AIDS complain that they are not protected by their society: They are mistreated by their own husbands, raped and ill-treated at work. They claim for a special law protecting them.–By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse On the occasion of the Women’s Day Celebration, the International Community (...)

04-17-2014 ■ Long ago, a lot of small monkeys were wandering along trees located at “Prince Louis Rwagasore Chaussée”, on the Transfusion Blood National Institution, inside the National Center of Agro-food Technology. Even today several monkeys like the place because there are many uncut trees in which they should shelter.-By Diane Uwimana (...)