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Cooperation

The U.N worried about the respect of Human Rights and Constitution in Burundi

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 (...)
Breaking news

The East African Training Center: Boosting Tennis in the Region

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 (...)
Environment

CTB: “At Kamenge, Kinama, Cibitoke, the floods caused no deaths”

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 (...)
EAC integration

EAC, eager to use French in the Community

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 (...)
Society

Go Training Services: more quality than quantity

04-10-2014 After building its capacities from different International English Learning Language Center (I-ELLC), Go Training Services (GTS) has opened its doors with only one motivation: more than just English.–By Diane Uwimana After acquiring competencies from different countries such as America, South Africa, Yemen and recently in Burundi in the Williams (...)
Society

Flood victims must go back home

04-09-2014 The second Deputy President has recently announced that victims of the last torrential rain should be prepared to go back home. But the concerned are not ready to start afresh.–Diane Uwimana “No one would like to stay in that miserable life. We want to go back home and try (...)
Sports

The Burundi Taekwondo Club spectacular victory in Uganda

04-09-2014 Taekwondo Burundian players have very recently won the Uganda Open Taekwondo Championship 2014 held at Kampala on 29 March. They got five gold medals and a cup.-By Yves Didier Irakoze Ten Taekwondo teams from Uganda (the host country), Burundi, South Soudan and Kenya have participated in the competition. Burundi (...)
Society

Children are never crime perpetrators

04-08-2014 Among prisoners of MSD Movement for Solidarity and Democracy, there are two under eighteen children who have been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. The Spokesman of “SOJEPAE”, Youth Solidarity for Peace and Childhood indicates that children should be treated in a particular way.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse For David (...)
Society

Ineffective National Children Forum

04-04-2014 Children elected to represent others since June 2013 complain today about the lack of follow-up in their activities.-By Diane Uwimana “Since we have been elected, we have never met any official representative telling us how to organize our forum”, complains Mana-Elysée Nkengurutse, 14 years old, a pupil at Gikungu (...)
Health

Flu worrying Burundians

04-04-2014 Nowadays, flu is spreading out very much in our area. It is so chronic and harsh that some people wonder whether or not it is that kind of virus from developed countries.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “I caught cold and flu two months ago. At the beginning, I thought it was (...)