Burundi

The coach of Burundi's senior women's team has said his team will be ready to face giants Nigeria at the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Morocco this July

First Lady Ndayishimiye has praised Chinese ophthalmologists who were carrying out cataract operations at Umugiraneza Hospital in Kibimba, Giheta District, Gitega Province, central Burundi

Rickshaws, motorbike and bicycle taxis are banned from almost all of largest city Bujumbura, as the country think the popular cheap transport providers cause fatal road accidents

In January 2022, the National Platform for Risk Reduction and Disaster Management and its humanitarian partners visited Kirundo province to assess the rainfall shortage situation, finding over 200.000 people affected

Residents of the country's largest city, Bujumbura, expressed their relief as the EU decided to lift its financial restrictions on the government, hoping it will improve the fragile economic situation

Human Rights Watch has called for a transparent investigation to establish the truth and ensure justice for the fire that broke out in a severely overcrowded prison in Gitega, the political capital, in December 2021

As insecurity in the Great Lakes worsens, the efforts of the country and Rwanda to normalise relations, through meetings of military intelligence, provincial governors, ministers and even Prime Ministers, could mark a turning point for regional security

Education Cannot Wait, the UN Global Fund for Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises, has announced a US$12 million grant for the first multi-year resilience programme in the country where 1,9 million children and adolescents are out of school