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Iris NewsJanuary 26, 2023
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Among high profile attendees were the USIU Vice Chancellor professor Margee Ensign, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, the Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the representative of Burundi diaspora in Kenya. Victor Bol from South Sudan and Anyika Muchesia from Kenya launched their respective books as well. Below is his full speech to […]

Avatar photoPrince MusoreJanuary 17, 2023
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This past Friday and Saturday, the Burundian French Institute hosted a thrilling quiz bowl competition, the Budding Genius, organized by Club Génies en Herbe, an association of young people passionate about instilling excellence in the youth. The competition featured teams from different corners of the economic capital of Bujumbura, all eager to showcase their knowledge […]

Avatar photoDon Délice NdikumanaJanuary 17, 2023
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  The minister of agriculture announced the construction of a second fertilizer factory in Gitega Province. It was in his Monday press conference intended to highlight his ministry’s first-semester accomplishments for the budgetary year 2022–2023. Is the current fertilizer shortage at its end? Failure of FOMI – unique fertilizer factory currently operating in Burundi -, […]

Iris NewsDecember 30, 2022
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  Saz da Great’s flow makes it hard to believe that he is from Cankuzo, one of Burundi’s least developed provinces. But, according to him rap is universal. Anyone – from the city or the countryside – can do it and excel at it. Here’s the story of a nugget who dreamed of himself as […]

Avatar photoGuillaume MuhozaDecember 4, 2022
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When World War I broke out in 1914, Germany occupied Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda under the Deutsch Ostafrika geographical unit, while Belgium occupied Congo and England occupied Uganda. Nobody could have predicted that the war would escalate to the point where Burundi would be affected. How did things look on the ground? Let us see […]


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