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01-28-2019 ■ The First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly goes back over the current issues at the beginning of this pre-election year. He expresses himself about the state of play on the approval of his new political party , the electoral code, his participation in the next elections, the life (...)

01-26-2019 ■ UNHCR denies reports that it would have distributed military clothes to the Burundian refugees living in Nduta camp in Tanzania. At a press conference held this January 25, Gogo Hukportie, UNHCR representative in Burundi, said UNHCR could not give unsuitable clothes because it fully respects cultural, legal and religious (...)

01-25-2019 ■ While the world celebrates women’s sports day every January 24, Burundian women are still under-represented in the sports sector. Circoncilie Nahimana, representative of women’s sports in Burundi National Olympic Committee says there is a small number of women in sports. “In collective and individual sports, there are 3703 women (...)

01-25-2019 ■ The bridge linking Mukaza commune to that of Muha in the Burundian capital at National Road 3 is about to collapse. The situation was worsened by the heavy rain that fell on 18 January. The installations of the company in charge of supplying water and electricity are not protected. (...)

01-24-2019 ■ Insufficient competitions, lack of sufficient funds and will to develop this sector are among other problems that Burundi women’s football associations face in the country. Dominique Ndikuryayo, president of Fofila women’s football club, says there is still a long way to go to develop women’s football in Burundi. “Mentalities (...)

01-23-2019 ■ Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Public Health reports that the number of malaria cases has significantly increased these days even if it hasn’t reached yet the level of an epidemic. “The number of malaria cases increase in January, February and March in the Sub-Saharan region due to the climate changes,” (...)

01-23-2019 ■ Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Public Health says his ministry has ordered two scanners to facilitate the control of the free movement of people using Gatumba border and Bujumbura International Airport. “There are many people who pass through Gatumba border and need to be thoroughly controlled,” he says. He also (...)

01-23-2019 ■ The ministry of communication says the project of the national television to move from analog to digital system is ongoing and about to reach the final stage. Frédéric Nahimana, Minister of Communication, says within 3 months, the national television will broadcast in a digital system. “The project is at (...)

01-22-2019 ■ Local farmers from Gihanga commune in Bubanza province received cows as part of a program involved in the fight against hunger. However, they die one after the other due to unknown diseases. Beneficiaries are worried. The provincial official in charge of breeding reassures. Some of the local farmers are (...)

01-22-2019 ■ Forty seven families made of 471 people from Mugaruro area, Buterere zone in Ntahangwa commune, in the north of the capital Bujumbura are now gathered at the former offices of Mutimbuzi commune in Bujumbura province. They left their destroyed houses due to the heavy rain that fell last week (...)