Tag: Burundi

Tanzania-DRC-Kenya corridors vital to expanding intra-regional trade, contributing to AfCFTA success

February 1, 2024

Trade corridors between Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and between the latter and Kenya have been highlighted as the key links that will ... Read More

Burundi shuts down Rwanda border, suspends diplomatic ties amid rising tensions

January 22, 2024

Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have taken another downturn after the former announced on Thursday (18 January) that it had suspended diplomatic ties with its ... Read More

Burundi, Belgium ink €75 million cooperation deal

December 22, 2023

Burundi and Belgium have sealed a deal worth €75 million covering five cooperation areas namely health, education, agriculture, climate change, and good governance, Cooperation ministry ... Read More

FIFA launches Football for Schools Program in Burundi

October 23, 2023

World football governing body FIFA will roll out its “Football for Schools Program (F4S) in Burundi, making the African country the 100th worldwide to benefit ... Read More

Burundi: International Human rights groups, journalists’ associations call for immediate release of Floriane Irangabiye

September 5, 2023

Global rights groups and reporters associations have renewed Monday September 4 their call demanding the immediate release of Floriane Irangabiye, an online and exiled Burundi ... Read More

DR Congo, UAE sign $1.9bln mining deal

July 20, 2023

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a mining deal worth $1.9 billion for which the Gulf country ... Read More

Burundi’s envoy to Egypt found dead

July 10, 2023

Burundi announced Sunday the death of its ambassador to Egypt, Cheik Rachid Malachie Niragira, who according to the Foreign ministry of the eastern African country ... Read More

Burundi’s ex-Premier appears in court for undermining national security

May 9, 2023

Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, a Burundi former Prime Minister arrested late last month has been charged for "undermining the internal security of the state, undermining the ... Read More

Burundi: Ex-Premier Bunyoni arrested on coup allegations

April 24, 2023

Burundi authorities have arrested former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, who was on the run following an arrest warrant in connection to alleged coup against ... Read More

Burundi-DRC-Tanzania cross-border electrified railway to speed up intra-African trade

April 13, 2023

Burundi and Tanzania have floated a tender for designing and constructing about 282 kilometers of electrified railway, part of East Africa’s wider cross-border electric railway ... Read More