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04-17-2014 ■ HIV/AIDS, diabetes, high blood pressure, tuberculosis … are now screened at APECOS Center to everyone who wishes to benefit from its service since this Friday 4th April 2014.–By Diane Uwimana “Since its creation in 1993, APECOS only received its beneficiaries’ i.e HIV/AIDS orphans and people who were living with (...)

04-16-2014 ■ Two Burundians, brilliant and cute kids, have decided to follow the footsteps of their elder musicians to change bad things into good ones through music. Iwacu has met them.–Yves Didier Irakoze Chris Joël Niyontsinzi and Junior Juvénal Ninziza are brothers and both of them are singers. Chris is 10 (...)

04-16-2014 ■ Burundian refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Malawi and Zambia are coming back home according to UNHCR.-By Yves Didier Irakoze. “The repatriation operation of Burundian refugees is a permanent operation of UNHCR Burundi in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The process of repatriation has (...)

04-15-2014 ■ A two-block building with sanitation offered by the British government has officially been received by Burundi Minister of National Defense and Former Combatants at Gakumbu Camp this 8 March 2014.-Yves Didier Irakoze Mark Simmonds British Minister in Charge of Relations with Africa was present during the inauguration ceremony. “The (...)

04-15-2014 ■ Lydia Nsekera has recently been appointed to lead the International Olympic Committee Women and Sport Commission for a period of four years. It is the first time a Burundian woman holds that post.–Lorraine Josiane Manishatse What is your impression after being appointed in that position? I am very glad (...)

04-15-2014 ■ Waiting for an important revenue collection figure of an amount of FIB 154.25 billion, Burundi Revenue Authority has collected from January to March 2014 an amount of BIF 137.29 billion. “Comparing to 2014 forecasting, OBR has registered a poor performance of BIF 16.96 billion i.e. 10, 99% ”, declares (...)

04-15-2014 ■ Ambassador Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the United Nations has visited Burundi this 8th April 2014 with two main messages from the U. S President Barack Obama.-Diane Uwimana “My government was very disturbed by the events of March 8, when fighting broke out in connection with two separate (...)

04-11-2014 ■ Funded by the International Tennis Confederation, the East African Center is located in Bujumbura-Burundi. The objective of the center is to train young tennis players from East Africa aged from 10 to 18, so that they become professional tennis players.–By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse The East African Training Center was (...)

04-11-2014 ■ CTB (Belgian Technical Cooperation) projects have managed to save many lives thanks to their work in the above mentioned areas.–Joanna Nganda “My house is near the road and although a lot of water got inside the house, we could see that a lot more water was contained by the (...)

04-10-2014 ■ An EAC meeting will be held this April 2014 to analyse if French can officially be used in the community. Some EAC Citizens find it is a good opportunity while others note that it is a great challenge.-Diane Uwimana “French is always a challenge for EAC citizens since most (...)