An outbreak of polio was reported in the country: with eight cases, this is the first such detection in over three decades

East African Community is once again calling for lower intra-regional roaming for data, voice calls and SMS within the One Area Network; the country charges the highest rates and is under pressure to join regional call network

Alexandre Muyenge, president of the Burundi Football Federation, on a visit to Paris discussed with FIFA president Infantino new paths to success for the sport in the country

The Burundian government has launched a campaign to entice refugees living in Tanzania to return home, in an attempt to convince the international community that the country is safer

Four human rights activists were arrested while trying to travel to Uganda for a meeting with civil society organisations; reason for arrests was not immediately known but arrests of this kind have been frequent in recent years in Burundi