03-26-2014 ■ In its series of workshops, Burundi Office of the United Nations (BNUB) has organized a two-day workshop to religious confessions from this 19th to 20 March 2014.- By Diane Uwimana “Our country has known a decade of war and there are still many challenges we must tackle appropriately in (...)

03-26-2014 ■ Jabe market traders accuse Bwiza Administrator of having usurped the place of waste. Long ago, all wastes were thrown into an area located in the western part of Jabe Market, at Bwiza Commune in Bujumbura City Council.-By Diane Uwimana “When I was eight, I saw trash being thrown at that (...)

03-26-2014 ■ Within the main objective of promoting food security in the country, Promoting Agriculture, Climate and Trade linkages in EAC Project (PACT EAC) urges to set up a new system to inform farmers very early.-By Diane Uwimana “The meteorological forecasting is always published, but it doesn’t reach farmers. So, working (...)

03-25-2014 ■ Media Kay5 is a company gathering Burundian youth who create, advertise and design through cartoons. This is a great step for Burundi.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “In other countries, cartoons occupy a great place in advertising, entertaining and providing messages. So why not in Burundi?” wonders André Kay Hakizimana, Chairman (...)

03-24-2014 ■ Since they have been displaced by the administration from “Kumase” place, they have neither food nor comfortable shelter. Some of them are suffering from diarrhoea diseases.-By Diane Uwimana Since 16th March 2014, 120 cases of people have been suffering from diarrhoea diseases since they were displaced from the former (...)

03-21-2014 ■ It is a huge relief for people living with disabilities. The Convention related to Human Rights is now adopted by the Government.-By Diane Uwimana The National Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on rights of people living with disabilities and its Optional Protocol last Thursday 7th February 2014. “It is (...)

03-21-2014 ■ The street commonly called Sanzu of South Mutanga is in a dangerous situation due to a natural catastrophe caused by Ntahangwa River. People living along that street risk moving because their houses can fall into the river at any time.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse “The catastrophe that occurred on 20th February (...)

03-20-2014 ■ Burundi is ranked at the top in maternal death in EAC. The only approach which should discount the ratio is social accountability or responsibility.-By Diane Uwimana “There are bad figures. The lack of infrastructures which are adapted to pregnant women and enough qualified staff personnel is one of the (...)

03-20-2014 ■ The state of East Africa Report 2013 shows that there is a remarkable inequality between people in EAC despite the cherished motto of the community “One people, one destiny”.-By Yves Didier Irakoze The recent population’s census shows that the populations in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania are about184 million inhabitants. (...)

03-19-2014 ■ It is a huge relief for people living with disabilities. The Convention related to Human Rights is now adopted by the Government.-By Diane Uwimana The National Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on rights of people living with disabilities and its Optional Protocol last Thursday 7th February 2014. “It is (...)