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 (...)

06-06-2014 ■ Rumonge market has about 1300 traders. Among them 833 have their own places inside the market. Others are all around the market. Women selling fruit are gathered outside. In the market, it is hard to find a path very easily without squeezing oneself. However, everybody tries to make his/her (...)

05-30-2014 ■ The majority of Burundians do not understand the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem. The Ministry in charge of environment eagerly needs journalists’ sensitization.-Diane Uwimana “The protected areas and their biodiversity are threatened in Burundi. The needs of growing food, fuel, firewoods, illegal occupation of areas, fast and illicit enrichment, (...)

05-29-2014 ■ The skin cancer is a reality in Burundi. A dermatologist calls upon the Ministry in charge of Public Health to think about setting up a department to care for people suffering from different types of cancer.–By Diane Uwimana “The majority of Albinos, people living with HIV and those who (...)

05-27-2014 ■ The Kenyan Nation Media Group has entered into negotiations with Burundi Government to implement a new television channel and radio. Our correspondent in Switzerland, Lassila Nzeyimana, met Linus Gitahi, the CEO of the group.–Written by Lassila Nzeyimana, translated by Diane Uwimana. Creating a television and radio station in Burundi (...)

05-26-2014 ■ After one year of its creation, the National Women’s Forum organized few activities due to the lack of funds. An interview with her Deputy President, Ménédore Nibaruta–By Diane Uwimana What are your achievements after one year of the forum creation? We launched our activities exactly on 22 March 2013, (...)

05-26-2014 ■ Burundians tend to despise their artistic values while foreigners appreciate them very much. This is often observed when we look at the performance of our singers.–By Yves Didier Irakoze “Burundian music and musicians are making a great progress. If we try to analyze where we came from, what we (...)