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Iris NewsJanuary 26, 2023

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 […]

Guillaume MuhozaJanuary 23, 2023

Last Thursday, the announcement by Burundi government via the Burundi Development Agency (ADB) to hire an agency / consultant to devise a marketing strategy for the nation branding went almost unnoticed. Even the Ntare House media channel failed to spread this news flash. Media houses which participate in shaping the intended image of a country […]

Don Délice NdikumanaJanuary 21, 2023

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15 remaining weeks of the second phase are expected to be restless. Bumamuru and Vital’O stand neck and neck at the top of the charts. Who will laugh last, and what else could we expect? Games of the second round of Primus Ligue – the Burundian football championship – started on this 20th January, 2023. […]

Don Délice NdikumanaJanuary 19, 2023

Since the start of this year, the Yanga’s player hasn’t appeared on any squad listed for NBC Tanzania Premier League fixtures. This gives what to question just 6 months after he signed for the team. What’s wrong? The former Newcastle player joined Yanga dubbed Klabu ya Wananchi “ Club of citizens” on July 9th, […]

Don Délice NdikumanaJanuary 17, 2023

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 -, […]

Guillaume MuhozaNovember 21, 2022

The bill of July 18, 2000, reforming the Nationality Code sets out the conditions for being called Burundian by birth, and the acquisition and loss of nationality. According to this code, a legitimate child born in Burundi, even in a foreign country, to a father who was a Burundian on the day of birth or, […]

Guillaume MuhozaNovember 15, 2022

While many Burundians have tried to reach the European continent via Serbia in recent months but have been refused, the Burundian government through the Prime Minister’s Office assures that they will not be prosecuted. This is contrary to what was announced by the Ministry of Security spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye, arguing that they tarnish the image […]

Guillaume MuhozaOctober 25, 2022

Adopted by the Burundian Parliament since May 2021, Burundi is still dragging its feet in setting up the parameters that would allow it an effective enjoyment of this market as defended by the CDE Great Lakes in its project of unlocking the potential of Burundian trade via the FTAAf. Why should the country of […]

Guillaume MuhozaOctober 21, 2022

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The President of the Republic of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has just given an exclusive interview to the newly created radio channel Kazoza FM which has as its mission the promotion of young people’s capacity to start their own business with its slogan: “Be Your Own Boss”. In this broadcast which lasted around two hours from […]

Guillaume MuhozaOctober 18, 2022

Prime Minister Lt General of Police Gervais Ndirakobuca led a meeting this Monday for the administrative authorities, executives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fomi fertilizer factory to assess the progress of the 2023A cropping season. Other issues of the country’s general life were also discussed, notably the upward revision of the prices of Brarudi’s […]