Six people accused of witchcraft killed in Burundi: official

Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for anonymity, said the incident happened on Monday after...

Burundi plugs Jiji hydro to power grid in growth push

Burundi this week inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric plant in Songa zone, Bururi Province, seeking to power more households and industries. President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched the project expected to generate 32.5MW as part of a broader...

Anzana Plans to Acquire Stake in Burundi-DRC-Rwanda Hydropower Project

Anzana Electric Group has signed a tentative deal with Ruzizi III Holding Power Co. Ltd. (RHPCL) to acquire up to 10 percent in a hydroelectric project that would serve Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. The agreement...

Photo of the week – women drug users in Bujumbura : between survival, stigma, and hope for reintegration

In Bujumbura, women drug users struggle every day to survive in extremely precarious conditions. Rejected by their families and stigmatized by society, they nevertheless try to escape through substitution treatment and support from organizations....

A Burundian government official speaks with newly arrived Congolese refugees while weighing a sack of rice from the final batches delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development

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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...

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

Mpox: Three countries account for 84% of Africa’s cases – Official

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa. The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week...

Cape Town's cold front causes severe flooding, leading to Gift of the Givers' humanitarian response

Gift of the Givers said they are being swamped with calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to the heavy impact of the cold front, resulting in floods and rain that has impacted thousands of people. The latest update from the Western...

The drummers flying Rwandan-Burundian cultural tradition to the world

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...

36 hours in Detroit

“Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus.” “We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes.” Detroit’s city motto was coined after the Great Fire of 1805, but it’s still a heartfelt sentiment in Michigan’s largest city. The city that gave us...

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....