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 (...)

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 (...)