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Politics

Agathon Rwasa :”I’m not in the institutions to swallow CNDD-FDD theses”
09-12-2016
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Relations between Agathon Rwasa and the power are not good as the statements from both sides show. The vice president of the National Assembly explains himself and also communicates his views on some topical issues. How do you feel today as the n⁰2 within the national assembly? I (...)
Culture

Kidumu: « I am here for peace, nothing else!”
09-09-2016
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Kidumu’s arrival in Bujumbura the capital created controversy as he had come to entertain Burundians in the third Kenya Trade, Investment and Cultural exhibition. For some people, he was taken as a government supporter while for some others, he is simply a musician. An interview with Kidumu for more (...)
Security

No investigation results on Italian nuns murdered in Bujumbura so far
09-09-2016
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Two years on, Xaverian missionary sisters of Mary were brutally murdered in twin attacks on Sunday 7 September and 8 September Monday in their convent known as Guido Maria Conforti parish in the north of Bujumbura. The police said that two sisters, Olga Raschietti and Lucia Pulici, aged 75 (...)
Economy

OLUCOME asks the government to fight the security fees scam
09-08-2016
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The Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement (OLUCOME) says it is deeply concerned about the illegal collection of what the perpetrators, presumed to be the Imbonerakure, call security fees in Buterere, Kamenge and Kinama areas in the urban district of Ntahangwa in the Capital Bujumbura since (...)
Security

Two dead bodies discovered in Rusizi River
09-08-2016
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Two dead bodies of a man and a woman were found this Tuesday, 6 September in the Rusizi River, in Rusiga locality of Rugombo municipality in Cibitoke, the western province of Burundi. The information was provided by farmers who were working along the Rusizi River. Local residents were not (...)
Politics

Burundians Expect much from the 17th Summit of EAC Heads of States
09-08-2016
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Politicians, Civil Society organizations… have some recommendations to the 17th extra-ordinary summit of the EAC Heads of States being held in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. For Léonce Ngendakumana, the deputy chairman of Sahwanya Frodebu (opposition party), EAC Heads of States must attract a serious attention to Mkapa’ s report on the (...)
Health

Is cholera there to stay?
09-07-2016
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The epidemic is still sweeping Kabezi and other localities in defiance to stakeholders’ effort. The insufficiency of prevention means is identified as the cause. The cholera epidemic continues to spread across different localities of Kabezi health district and beyond. That persistence defies not only the constant and sustained attention but (...)
Health

Critical shortage of clean water at Mugoboka
09-07-2016
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“No drop of water comes out of the public tap installed in the locality of Mugoboka for over two weeks. The population indicates that having drinking water is like getting blood out of a stone. The poor fetch water from the Ntahangwa River, “deplores Pontient Mugenzi, a student at (...)
Economy

More than 26, 000 Coffee Trees Ravaged by Wildfire
09-06-2016
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The plantations which were destroyed by fire are located in the northern provinces of Burundi. According to Joseph Ntirabampa, the chairman of the National Confederation of Associations of Coffee farmers in Burundi (CNAC), bushfires damaged coffee plantations in various provinces especially Karuzi where 1, 995 coffee trees were burned (...)
Economy

Kenyan Exposition at “Tempête” ground
09-06-2016
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Economic operators from different domains such as education, telecommunication, investment, art, agriculture, bank, tourism… were gathered at Tempête ground since September 2nd for the third trade fair organized by Kenya. This exposition which was officially launched on September 5th aimed at pushing Burundian and Kenyan businessmen to share experience. (...)