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Harambee Starlets face Burundi test in Dar
The Standard
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Harambee Starlets players celebrate after beating Tunisia 1-0 in a Women Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Souse, Tunisia on February 26, 2025. [FKF Media] Harambee Starlets midfielder Medina Abubakar is confident Kenya has the quality to emerge...
Elections in Burundi : the CNIDH welcomes “generally satisfactory” poll, the opposition decries a charade
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 11, 2025 – The Independent National Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) on Tuesday praised the smooth conduct of the June 5 district and legislative elections. In a public statement read by its Vice-President, Gérard...
The Catholic church in Burundi raises concerns over the integrity of the June 5 elections
Malawi 24
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June 13, 2025
The Catholic Church of Burundi has raised serious concerns about the integrity of the country’s recent parliamentary and municipal elections, citing widespread irregularities that could cast doubt on the official results. In a statement read by...
Liverpool alum pays tribute to Jota and four key observations from Super Falcons' win v Tunisia
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 6, 2025
Nigeria kicked off their Women's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Morocco with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Tunisia. The Super Falcons were 2-0 up in the first half with goals from Asisat Oshoala and Rinsola Babajide. However, Chinwendu Ihezuo...
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Burundi Hosted the 1st Uganda Diaspora Convention on 7th June 2025 at Donatus Conference Centre, in Bujumbura,...
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 13, 2025
The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Bujumbura, Burundi successfully organized the 1st Diaspora convention that was hosted at the Donatus Conference Center Bujumbura on 7th June 2025 from 9.00am – 9.00pm, under the Theme ”Partnering with the...
HRW Accuses Burundi of Voter Intimidation in Controversial Election
News Central TV
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June 13, 2025
Authorities in Burundi, along with ruling party-affiliated youth groups, used threats, harassment, and intimidation to coerce voters in the country’s recent parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The ruling CNDD-FDD...
Bravehearts star joins Burundi basketball giants
The Times Group Malawi
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June 12, 2025
Malawian rising basketball star Faad Billy has joined Burundi basketball giants Les Hippos from Lilongwe’s Bravehearts Basketball Club on a two-month contract. Billy becomes the first Malawian to play professional basketball in the East African...
Photo of the week : journalists struggle to leave Bujumbura to cover elections
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 9, 2025 — Last Wednesday, June 4, 2025, on the eve of the June 5 legislative and district elections, several Burundian journalists were still stranded in Bujumbura, unable to reach their assigned areas. This...
Harambee Starlets to face Burundi in CECAFA opener
The Standard
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Tunisia's Guermazi Sana (left) and Ella Kaabachi challenges Elizabeth Wambui (center) of Harambee Starlets in their 2026 WAFCON Qualifiers campaign at Ulinzi Sports Complex on Friday, Feb 21, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Harambee Starlets will...
Ruling Party Wins All Seats in Burundi Legislative Polls
News Central TV
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June 11, 2025
The ruling party in Burundi has secured all seats in last week’s parliamentary elections, according to the electoral commission on Wednesday, amid allegations from critics and observers of electoral irregularities. “Nationally, the CNDD-FDD came...
CECAFA Women Championship:Crested Cranes set to take on Burundi tomorrow
NTV Uganda
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CECAFA Women Championship:Crested Cranes set to take on Burundi tomorrow Uganda’s women’s national football team, the Crested Cranes, will be seeking to start their CECAFA Women’s Championship title defense on a high note when they face off...
Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi
Education International
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June 11, 2025
Since 2021, projects run by the STEB education workers’ union of Burundi have enabled more than 900 former child workers to return to school. Remy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the strategies used in these projects supported by...
Tanzania : hundreds of Burundians arrested, thirteen children jailed for demanding their wages
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Nyamisivya, June 9, 2025 — Since February 28, thirteen Burundian teenagers have been languishing in Nyamisivya prison, in northwest Tanzania. Their “crime” : having dared to demand the wages owed to them after working on tobacco...
Africa Rail Infrastructure Powers Mineral Trade Growth
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Africa rail Infrastructure is getting a new lease of life. Important transportation lines are swiftly increasing to make the continent’s natural resources more accessible and improve trade linkages across the globe. The Italian development bank...
Tanzania to host Pan-African social security summit
Xinhua News Agency
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DAR ES SALAAM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is set to host a high-level Pan-African summit focusing on the future of social security on the continent, a senior official announced Sunday. The summit, to be held on July 10 in the northern city of...
DR Congo, Burundi thwart Rwanda on regional bloc presidency
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 8, 2025
President Kagame meets with President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo Ahead of the 74th UNGA. Rwanda was blocked Saturday from taking the rotating presidency of the central African economic bloc because of the conflict in...
Nigeria begin Wafcon bid with routine win over Tunisia
BBC
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July 6, 2025
Nigeria have not lifted the Wafcon trophy since 2018 and, after finishing fourth at the last edition in Morocco in 2022, have targeted regaining their continental crown in what has been dubbed 'Mission X'. Oshoala got them up and running with her...
Sudan: One Of The Best Ten Worldwide,Second In Africa
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- Sudanow Magazine) By: Rogia al-Shafee Thanks to the huge efforts exerted by a talented and experienced Sudan news agency journalist, Sudan ranking has gone up to forefront within the media sports writing in the AIPS competition. It was a...
From Awareness to Action: Informaction Theory of Change and ...
Modern Ghana
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The theme "From Awareness to Action: Strengthening Open Societies through Scientific Literacy" speaks to the Advocacy for Alleged Witches' theory of change, that is Informaction Theory of Change. This theory codifies an attempt to provide the...
Kiswahili Day’s global celebration brightens Swedish capital
Daily News Tanzania
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July 6, 2025
STOCKHOLM: It was a colourful event when the Tanzanian Embassy in Sweden, in collaboration with Tanzanian diaspora communities , successfully staged a grand celebration to the World’s Kiswahili Day in the Swedish capital, Stockholm on July 5, this...