A remarkable journey toward success and growth of CRDB Bank Burundi

It’s been 12 years now since CRDB Bank officially opened its subsidiary company in Burundi, a dream that many people did not believe could one day be realized. Today, that dream has come true and shown that with strong leadership, vision,...

Morocco: His Majesty The King Congratulates Burundi's President On Independence Day

(MENAFN- APO Group) His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on the occasion of his country's 63rd anniversary of independence. In this message, the Sovereign...

Gitega : a new suspicious death revives the image of a cemetery province

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 26, 2025 — A mysterious tragedy rocked Mikore village, in Gishubi district, Gitega province (central Burundi). On Wednesday morning, the lifeless body of Steve Sabiraguha, a 13-year-old boy, was discovered hanging...

Amir Sends Congratulations To President Of Burundi

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Tuesday a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Burundi HE Evariste Ndayishimiye on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day....

DRC Signs MoU for Public-Private Partnership with Burundi’s East African General Trade Company

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Sports and Leisure announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a public-private partnership with Burundi’s East African General Trade Company (EAGT). This...

UAE President, VPs congratulate President of Burundi

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, sent similar...

One of the last sacks of rice supplied by USAID arrives in Burundi in May

Oil Giant Adds Fuel to Soft Power Push

Mandated from on-high by the Chinese Communist Party leadership, China’s new strategy to super-charge its international communication at the local level is certainly not a process of decentralization. It is a policy effort, however, that has...

Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework

Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...

HM the Sultan greets presidents of Congo, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, Governor General of Canada

Muscat- His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has sent a cable of greetings to PresidentFelix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his country’s Independence Anniversary. In the cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his heartfelt...

His Majesty Sultan Haitham sends greetings to Congo, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, and Canada

MUSCAT – In his cable, His Majesty expressed his best wishes for continued progress, development and stability for the friendly country under the leadership of the President, hoping that the relations of cooperation and friendship between the two...

Burundi commissions Jiji hydroelectric power plant

The Republic of Burundi has inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric power plant in the country’s Bururi province. Jiji is the first of two hydroelectric plants being developed in the region, with the second, Mulembwe, set to become operational in the...

Burundi calls on United Nations to recognize 1972 genocide against Hutus

Burundi is urging the United Nations to officially recognize the mass killings of Hutus in 1972–1973 as a genocide, over five decades after the violence claimed tens of thousands of lives. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Pierre Claver...

Burundi: Traders in Government-managed markets forced to pay rent tax twice

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 24, 2025 — Tensions are rising in government-managed markets across Burundi. Traders denounce double taxation as the Burundian Revenue Office (OBR) demands they pay the rent tax again for the years 2023 and 2024....

Burundi completes the first phase of a $320 million power project

According to a press release, Burundi commissioned on Wednesday the first phase of an $320 million hydropower plant financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the African Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank. According to the African...

Burundi quadruples rice yield with Chinese support: official

BUJUMBURA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Burundi has quadrupled its rice production thanks to Chinese technical support provided since 2009, a senior official has said. "Thanks to the Chinese technical support we have received since 2009, rice production...

Burundi — Official Validation of Legislative Elections: Constitutional Court rules, opposition disappointed

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 23, 2025 – On June 20, Burundi’s Constitutional Court validated the results of the legislative elections held on June 5, 2025, awarding all seats to the CNDD-FDD. The opposition, dismissed by the judiciary,...

From Crackdowns to Censorship: Spotlight on Burundi’s Shrinking Civic Space at HRC59

Featured Geneva 27 June 2025 Statement at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Burundi Delivered by Olimjon Bakhtaliev, CIVICUS Mr President, CIVICUS and independent Burundian CSOs...

Burundi’s Ruling Party Sweeps Parliament, Court Approves Results

Burundi’s Constitutional Court on Friday officially endorsed the results of the legislative elections held earlier in June, which saw the ruling party secure every seat in parliament. The East African nation conducted its elections on June 5,...

From Burundi to Saudi Arabia: The Booming Business of Human Trafficking

In the last few years, at least 17,000 Burundian women have officially set off for Riyadh in search of a better life. Although Burundi and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in 2021 that is supposed to regulate this activity, female workers from...