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Iris NewsApril 6, 2023

President Ntaryamira is mostly remembered for his inauguration speech. On February 5th, 1994, he declared that discipline would be the top priority of his government. Today, one might ask how well our country has fared in upholding President Ntaryamira’s legacy… When Ntaryamira – 39 years old, back then – was elected by the Burundian Parliament […]

Iris NewsApril 6, 2023

Mukeshimana Aniella, a woman known as ‘Kirungo’ due to her alluring physical looking, has been banned from residing in the Butihinda commune of Muyinga Province. This decision came after several complaints from local women who accused Kirungo of seducing and stealing their husbands. According to a statement by Ndikumasabo Gilbert, Kirungo comes from Karusi Province […]

Steve Cedric BizimanaApril 6, 2023

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Anti and Pro-Rights of LGBTQ+ people in Africa have been throwing shades at each other for the origin of Homosexuality for years. Thus, antigay movement have emphasised the “imported” characteristic of Homosexuality while LGBTQ+ rights activists have focused on foreign aid to further narrow down this community rights. In view of recent news in East […]

Guillaume MuhozaApril 4, 2023

Every year, March 24 is celebrated as World Tuberculosis Day. A day established to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. Historically, the date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had […]

Iris NewsApril 4, 2023

Bujumbura town has recently been an arena of traffic accidents theatre. Indicators regulating traffic in various roundabouts no longer work except in few corners. As a result, many accidents have occurred, leading citizens to wonder whether there is a frank collaboration between the drivers and the police or none of them knows what should be […]

Don Délice NdikumanaMarch 30, 2023

Burundi was drawn into a group composed of three teams – with Cameroon and Namibia – in the qualification phase for the 2023 AFCON. We thought qualification would be easy, but what a mistake! On April 20th, 2022, the draw for the 34th Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast, occurred […]

Don Délice NdikumanaMarch 28, 2023

The new 16 teams-format Viva Basketball League opening tournament has been wrapped up with Urunani proving again their domination in Burundian. In fact, a huge gap between teams was undeniably noticed. Ahead of the 2023 VBL season, an opening tournament was organized to give the teams a ground to weigh themselves against others, and […]

Prince MusoreMarch 19, 2023

OpenAI, a research organization dedicated to creating and ensuring the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI), has recently released GPT-4, its latest and most advanced language model. GPT-4 is a multimodal system that can process text and image inputs and generate text outputs. It can perform various tasks, such as answering complex questions, understanding […]

Guillaume MuhozaMarch 16, 2023

The Burundian army deployed their second contingent to Goma on March 15th and 16th, 2023, to strengthen the forces of East Africa in their fight against armed groups in the region. These additional troops are joining the first contingent of 30 Burundian soldiers who have been operating there since March 5th, 2023. According to Emmanuel […]

Evariste NiyonkuruMarch 12, 2023

As a result of the Rift Valley epidemic in mid-2022, a ban on animal slaughter was put in place, prompting the Imbo people – who are big fans of meat – to switch to edible mushrooms. This presented an immense opportunity to COPEJC, a cooperative of young people who specialise in mushroom farming. The Imbo […]