EAC Archives - IRIS NEWS

Guillaume MuhozaNovember 20, 2023

The campaign season has officially begun. Starting on Sunday, November 19, it will continue until December 19, with the elections scheduled for December 20, 2023. President Tshisekedi, who has been in power for the past five years, wasted no time in setting the tone for the campaign. He was the first candidate to organize a […]

Guillaume MuhozaNovember 15, 2023

A two-day conference was recently organized in Bujumbura by the Association of Repatriated Women of Burundi (AFRABU) in collaboration with the Women’s International Peace Centre (WIPC) and CORDAID. The conference aimed to discuss ways to enhance women’s participation in the elections. The event brought together various stakeholders including parliamentarians, representatives from the Organization of […]

Iris NewsJune 23, 2023

President Ruto’s call for East African countries to use local currencies instead of the dollar has gained support in the East African Parliament (EAC). The use of dollars in trade exchanges across East Africa has been a long-standing issue, and according to EALA MPs, has negatively affected the region’s economies by undermining the fluidity of […]

Guillaume MuhozaOctober 7, 2022

The disease yet to be identified has been reported since the beginning of this month in some areas of the provinces of Gitega, Bururi, Muyinga and Rumonge According to the Director General of Livestock, 70 pigs have already died out of 116 pigs infected by the disease The sale of pigs and their slaughter […]

Guillaume MuhozaOctober 3, 2022

We are the latest addition to the Burundian media landscape. We are called Iris News. In an ecosystem where the journalist works in immediacy and under the pressure of the ratings/readership or the competition and in increasingly short formats. In an ecosystem where it is increasingly difficult to vary angles, to confront points of view, […]