Coffee accounts for almost 40% of the country's export resources and supports 8 million people in the country; the government is still struggling to raise production after last season's decline from 34.000 to 6.000 tonnes

Gradual loss of Burundian territory along the borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda is raising alarm, as weak enforcement of water protection laws and foreign activities along the Rusizi and Ruhwa rivers change the waterways’ courses

1.235 tonnes of critical minerals have been exported in two weeks as Burundi works to rise the value of revenues generated from the mineral sector; for early August additional 200 tons of green quartz and 200 of amethyst are planned to be shipped

Olivia University Cultural Week stood out for health-centered initiatives that had a direct impact on the local population: a blood drive and free screening organized with a number of partners including Burundi Red Cross and Kira and Tanganyika hospitals

Burundi will benefit from a new US funding aimed to finance readiness in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreaks; the $20 million budget will be shared with Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan