03-13-2014 ■ 16 delegates from Africa where Youth Voluntary for Environment (YVE) operates, gathered at Dapaong (Togo) last week to exchange knowledge and experience, and provide reports of activities in their respective countries 2013 ( 24 February to 2 March 2014).-ByYves Didier Irakoze This conference is an opportunity of exchanging and (...)

03-11-2014 ■ Water, climate and Development Program(WACDEP) seeks to support the integration of water security and climate resilience in the development planning and decision-making process through investment in water security and climate adaptation.-By Diane Uwimana “Nobody else is better placed to know citizens’ challenges, needs and interests than local government officials”, (...)

03-10-2014 ■ 16 delegates from Africa where Youth Voluntary for Environment (YVE) operates, gathered at Dapaong (Togo) last week to exchange knowledge and experience, and provide reports of activities in their respective countries 2013 ( 24 February to 2 March 2014).-By Yves Didier Irakoze “This conference is an opportunity of exchanging (...)

02-17-2014 ■ Doctors sometimes prescribe medicines for patients without considering their age and occasionally, this causes bad effects. The Medical Association recalls doctors to update their knowledge before prescribing any medicine.-By Diane Uwimana Two recent cases have occurred in a private hospital when a couple of mothers met there had the (...)

02-13-2014 ■ There is a great deal of unemployed youths in Burundi. Today, a lot of young people seem to be helpless and hopeless. The government and all Burundians in general, should take this issue very seriously and adopt an effective policy to get the solution to the problem.-By Yves Didier (...)

02-12-2014 ■ Under the theme “The hope for Africa”, Dela Adadevoh, PhD from Orlando, Florida in USA, appreciates the advancement that has been achieved by Africa. However, he calls upon all Africans to wake up and build a new Africa.Dela Adadevoh, President of International Leadership Foundation (ILF), states that this century (...)

02-12-2014 ■ A National strategy for fighting against street children phenomenon in Burundi has been elaborated by some associations and the government has adopted it to eradicate that threat.-By Diane Uwimana The Ministers’ Council has finally adopted the national strategy this 23rd January2014. This strategy has the main objectives of preventing (...)

02-11-2014 ■ 7,6 million people die of cancer worldwide every year. In Burundi, cancer is not the main concern of the Public Health Ministry which decided to ‘celebrate’ International Cancer Day every February 4th by holding a mere workshop. The Burundian Alliance Against Cancer (“Alliance Burundaise de Lutte Contre le Cancer”), (...)

02-11-2014 ■ Since the beginning of this year, the Education Ministry has declared that it will no longer manage the laboratory and library annual fees paid by students. Schools’ authorities have praised the decision as they complained that they didn’t know anything about the management.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse “More than 10 (...)

02-08-2014 ■ According to studies and experiments made in medical field, normal people can, without any doubt, give birth to albinos. Families that have albino children should have an appropriate family planning, advices Doctor Elie Mupera, Dermatologist at Bujumbura Military Hospital.-By Yves Didier Irakoze   “In medical field, there exist two (...)