Africa Burundi On a visit to the Great Lakes region, Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union, paid tribute to Burundian soldiers killed in service in Somalia
Africa Burundi In April, 40.000 people - vulnerable due to drought - received food supplies, also thank to World Food Program helping families affected by climate change in the country
Africa Burundi Burundian company Intracom is finalising the process of setting up clinker and cement plants in Kigoma, with a capacity of 1 million tonnes and 0,6 million tonnes respectively
Africa 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
Africa Burundi In 2018, the country launched a vast national reforestation programme to increase the declining forest cover, which will run until 2025; factions formerly at war are now working together on the project
Africa Burundi First Lady Ndayishimiye has praised Chinese ophthalmologists who were carrying out cataract operations at Umugiraneza Hospital in Kibimba, Giheta District, Gitega Province, central Burundi
Africa Burundi 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
Africa 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
Africa Burundi Despite progress in promoting gender equality and reducing discrimination, activists say further action is needed, such as laws to eliminate outdated traditions, like those that exclude women from inheriting land and property
Africa Burundi 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
Africa Burundi The capacities of the Bujumbura municipality will be boosted for socio-economic development and valorisation of the territory and sharing of competences of the Parma area (Italy) on the agro-food chain, in order to create the Tomato Consortium in Burundi
Africa Burundi 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
Africa Burundi The local government has signed an agreement with the Tanzanian government to build a 282-kilometre railway linking the towns of Gitega (Burundi) band Uvinza (Tanzania)