06-18-2019 ■ The minister of Health has given a two-week ultimatum to local authorities of Bwiza and Mutanga neighborhoods to remove tons of rubbish lying in the both neighborhoods. “All this rubbish must be removed before the end of June and you must take necessary measures to prevent your citizens from (...)

06-16-2019 ■ While the world celebrates the Blood Donor Day each June 14th, the Ministry of Health calls on the population meeting the required conditions to donate blood. “There are various groups of people who often need blood transfusion such as mothers during labor, newborn babies, children under five, those who (...)

06-13-2019 ■ It has been over a year since a market named Ku Gongone was built in a cemetery. Traders and people who go there to bury theirs both agree on the reorganization of the place for the respect for the dead. Cry for deceased people became “a sacrilege” at Ku (...)

06-12-2019 ■ Waste from households or units extracting palm oil and the lack of latrines in some public places are the main concerns expressed by the population during an exchange meeting organized by “Yaga Burundi” association. The commune promises the establishment of a dumpDue to the lack of a dump, wastes (...)

06-07-2019 ■ Sources report that there has been a cholera outbreak in Mparambo and Munyika areas in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke province in the north west of Burundi since the beginning of the week. Four people have already caught this disease caused by the lack of clean water. “We are all (...)

06-06-2019 ■ Since 2012, Burundians have doubled the amount of chemical fertilizers used per hectare, which has exacerbated environmental pollution, said Tharcisse Ndayizeye, an environmental activist also member of the Burundian Observatory of Water and Sanitation. It was on the occasion of the World Environment Day celebrated each June 5th. Mr (...)

05-29-2019 ■ Breeders from Tangara commune in the northern province of Ngozi are worried about a contagious disease that attack small domestic ruminant and has been spreading in the province for a month. They say the goats that contracted the disease experience severe diarrhea and die within a week. “I had (...)

05-24-2019 ■ Eight people have been killed and others injured by hippos in Lake Tanganyika since the beginning of this year in Rumonge and Nyanza-Lac communes of Rumonge province. The population is asking to be fully protected. Two fishermen died on 12 May in Lake Tanganyika in Busebwa area of Rumonge (...)

05-21-2019 ■ The administrator of Musongati commune in Rutana province took the measure prohibiting any woman from entering a bar or market after 7 p.m. without being accompanied by her husband. Women oppose the measure while men exult. “Some women get drunk, commit adultery and thus destabilize their homes …” explained (...)

05-16-2019 ■ “Burundi has made significant progress in gaining access to sexual and reproductive health,” said Richmond Tiemoko, UNFPA representative in Burundi when presenting the annual report on the situation of the world population on May 15. According to reports produced by UNFPA in six years, Burundi maternal mortality rate has (...)