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The Speaker of Burundi National Assembly Pascal Nyabenda while addressing the 13th meeting of EAC Speakers Forum in Kampala(Ugandan) December 10th, 2019. PHOTO|Burundi Times Burundi’s speaker of the National Assembly Pascal Nyabenda has on Tuesday December 10th 2019 hand over the chairmanship of the Bureau of the East African Community Speakers Forum after the end of his...

Hosts Uganda (White and Black jersey) taking on East Africa all stars during an opening match in Kampala (Uganda) on December 8th 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The 10th East African Inter-Parliamentary games kicked off this Monday December 8th 2019 in Uganda’s capital Kampala, the game will see national parliaments from member states and the...

The East African Community Secretary General Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko and the German’s Charge d’Affaires Jorg Herrera after signing the agreement on December 4th 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Liberat Mfumukeko on Thursday signed an agreement worth $ 128 million with German’s Charge d’Affaires Jorg Herrera in Arusha, the fund...

Over 2.8 million people have now been affected due to unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in Eastern Africa. PHOTO| Red Cross Burundi. The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has called on the regional heads of state to put in place an urgent response fund for floods and environmental disaster victims in the community.

One of the landslides near the RN3 road to Rumonge province from Bujumbura in April 2015. Photo: Burundi presidency At least 26 people have been confirmed dead and other seven were injured after a landslide in Burundi’s Cibitoke province located in the north-western part of the country.

The former Burundi Ombudsman played a key role during his tenure in uniting and resolving potential conflicts in the country. PHOTO| Burundi National Assembly Burundi’s first ever Ombudsman Mohammed Khalfan Rukara passed away on November 29th in Brussels after a long illness, according to his family the deceased was hospitalized in Belgium’s capital Brussels for an disclosed...

From Right: Uganda's EAC minister Kirunda Kivejinja, EAC Secretary General Limberat Mfumukeko and EALA Speaker Martin Ngoga at the EAC HQ in Arusha while celebrating 20 years of regional integration on November 30th, 2019. PHOTO| Burundi Times The East African Community (EAC) celebrated 20 years of regional integration since it was revived on...

Burundi says will retaliate on any attack from Rwanda on its soil and called on the international community to intervene in the deteriorating relation between the two countries. PHOTO| FILE. Burundi government has yet again expressed deep concerns over the recent armed attacks that happened in the north eastern Cibitoke province, Gitega accuses...

The opening hours of drinking places is from 17hrs to 21hrs local time during the week days and from 13hrs to 21hrs during weekends and public holidays. PHOTO|FILE. In a letter signed by Bujumbura’s mayor Freddy Mbonimpa dated November 21st 2019, the city’s mayor imposed a curfew in the country biggest town after a meeting that...

Burundi's president (Right) with the UN Secretary General's special envoy Michel Kafando in the state house in Bujumbura on June 2017. PHOTO| FILE. The erstwhile Burkinabe president Michel Kafando is set to leave Burundi at the end of November 2019 as his term as a Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Burundi comes...