04-25-2014 ■ That was the promise made by a “love doctor”. In Bujumbura, many are the celibates craving for love and single ladies waiting for a husband. However, the ticking clock makes people take extreme measures: love potions.-Joanna Nganda Anita, 34, is single since 2007 and she can’t stand it anymore. (...)

04-24-2014 ■ Three days per week, Nzeyimana Sakina, 70 years old, feeds hospitalised people at ‘Prince Regent Charles’ Hospital.–By Diane Uwimana It is 1:30 pm this Saturday at “Prince Regent Charles” hospital. Home nurses queue up along one of the corridors of that hospital. They are waiting for receiving food from (...)

04-23-2014 ■ The fundamental school system, some advantages and challenges after six months.-By Diane Uwimana At the international level, a fundamental school must fulfil the increasing access and equity, quality improvement, learning pertinence as well as change processes. Antime Mivuba, an educational expert, indicates that it is very early to notice (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Since 28 years now, the Professional Development and Training Center (CFPP) has been training unschooled youth. CFPP also welcomes the ones who are in conflict with the traditional schooling system. The center is one of the rare ways to access the work market without an academic degree.-Joanna Nganda “When (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Stakeholders from the public, civil society, media institutions in Burundi established National Interim Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Network on 11th April 2014.-By Diane Uwimana Twelve members drawn from different institutions (public and civil society) constitute the Interim PHE Network and will be coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, (...)

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 ■ 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 (...)

04-11-2014 ■ 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 (...)