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04-10-2018 ■ Rainbow Mining Burundi (RMB) has reached 25% of its objectives in 6 months of operation. According to the Director General of RMB, the fact of transferring the payment of exported products to the account of Burundi Central Bank and the lack of experienced personnel are the major challenges that (...)

04-10-2018 ■ The official launch of vaccination against the sheep and goat plague has started in Bugendana Commune of Gitega Province, this 9 April. “Gitega, Kirundo and Mwaro provinces are the most affected areas and the vaccination will start by there,” said Déo Guide Rurema, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock when (...)

04-10-2018 ■ Burundian refugees from Lusenda camp in Fizi territory in South Kivu -DRC request that their camp that currently hosts more than 30,000 people be relocated for security reasons. They submitted their request to the High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, during his visit to the nearby Mulongwe camp hosting (...)

04-09-2018 ■ Educational authorities in Kayanza Province affirm that school girls often miss classes during the menstrual period. These girls say they do not have money to purchase sanitary pads. “Our survey revealed that the majority of rural female students cannot afford to buy sanitary pads every month to manage their (...)

04-09-2018 ■ Since Sunday, April 1, more than 2500 followers of the “prophetess” Eusébie Ngendakumana, called “Zebiya”, have got back home. They are happy to meet their families again but remain stuck to their cult that was born in Businde (Kayanza province). They were numerous and of a different age. Old (...)

04-06-2018 ■ The capital Bujumbura has facing shortage of fuel since the past three days. Vehicle users fear intentions of a further rise in its price. At around 10 a. m. this 5 April, vehicles were lining up in long queues on some gas stations which are still providing petrol in (...)

04-06-2018 ■ The Investment Promotion Agency (API) has said it is unable to regulate all the companies operating in Burundi due to limited budget. Léonard Sentore, Director of API, has said that this Thursday 05 April. While informing the public about the achievements of the agency during the first term of (...)

04-05-2018 ■ The National Assembly has analyzed and unanimously adopted a bill on the creation of the national volunteers’ body. Jean Bosco Hitimana, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture has said the body will be managed by the National Center of Volunteers in Burundi that will be set up by a (...)

04-05-2018 ■ The provisional lists of registered voters are posted in different registration centers since April 3. At some registration centers in Bujumbura city where Iwacu passed, there were some irregularities, worries, complaints, etc. At a registration center located at Musaga Communal Lycée, a number of people were searching for their (...)

04-04-2018 ■ Faustin Ndikumana, Chairman of PARCEM, a local organization concerned with the changing of mindset, says the underdevelopment of Burundian communes is due to the lack of competent staff, visible institutional support and strategic directions. He says the priority of the community’s development must focus on five trends namely good (...)