Tag: Burundi
Burkina beats Burundi and pockets the first ticket for Morocco
Burkina is officially the first country qualified for CAN 2025, after Morocco, the organizing country, after its victory against Burundi (2-0). With two days to go, the Stallions are sure…
an administrative official in detention for having celebrated the wedding of a man in karateka outfit
In Burundi, an administrative official, the advisor in charge of administrative and social affairs in the Rugombo commune, in the north-west of the country, was arrested on Monday, September 30,…
Burundi: Journalist released from prison but climate remains hostile to the press according to RSF
Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye was released on Friday, July 16, two days after being pardoned by President Evariste Ndayishimiye. She had been sentenced to ten years in prison in January…
Gatumba massacre in Burundi in 2004: victims’ association demands justice and files complaint
In Burundi, twenty years ago, on the night of 13-14 August 2004, 166 people were killed in a massacre in the Gatumba refugee camp. All the victims were Banyamulenge, a…
Burundian Lois Eliora Irishura, the youngest African who hopes to survive in Paris
She is only 14 years old and is experiencing her first Olympic Games. Lois Eliora Irishura is not the youngest athlete at the 2024 Olympics – she is the Chinese…
Is the presence of Burundian soldiers worsening tensions with Kigali and Kampala?
In addition to Rwanda, Uganda is also being singled out by UN experts for its involvement in the conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and its support for the…
In Rwanda, Burundi border residents want the border to be reopened
Rwandans are set to go to the polls on July 15 for presidential and legislative elections. The head of state for 24 years, Paul Kagame, is running for a fourth…
transport virtually paralyzed by severe fuel shortage
Burundi, one of the three poorest countries in the world, is going through a serious socio-economic crisis characterized in particular by a severe shortage of petroleum products, gasoline and diesel,…
Record floods in several African countries, drowning in the need for assistance
East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks which caused the death of at least 58 people in Tanzania during the first half of April and 13 others…
in Bukavu, a demonstration against the war in the East and to demand diplomatic sanctions from Kinshasa
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a demonstration was organized on February 15, 2024 by civil society in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu, to denounce the…