Politics

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) this week called for member states to implement the Lake Victoria act in efforts to reduce the increased number of accidents in the lake. EALA indicated that Lake Victoria Basin Commission need to establish a maritime transportation to be able to track the maritime accident on the water.

According to the East African Community Secretariat, Burundi will today deploy troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the regional forces to restore peace and stability.  “Burundi through their Chief of Defence Forces has confirmed that on 4th March 2023, Burundi will deploy troops to the East African Regional Force in...

Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye received a hero’s welcome from Ethiopia after attending the 36th ordinary Heads of state summit of the African Union that took place in Addis Ababa.  “We want youth to know they are capable of working without waiting to be employed by the government and this is what has been happening...

Burundi’s minister of Internal Affairs and Public Security Martin Niteretse in a letter dated February 2nd, 2023 suspended anniversary celebrations of the country’s opposition political party National Congress for Liberty (CNL) that was set to be celebrated on February 19th. “To this end, to prevent any risk of clashes at the place of the...

During the inaugural African Union Youth meeting on the margins of the African Union Executive Council meeting that is being held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis abeba, Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye deposited the instruments of the ratification of the Africa Youth Charter. Gitega adopted the charter in January this year through the country’s parliament and...

Burundi this week celebrated 32 years since the country adopted the National Unity charter after a referendum in 1991.  A referendum on the Charter of National Unity was held in Burundi on 9 February 1991. The charter was set to abolish ethnic discrimination and give a mandate for the government to write a...

Gitega has now fronted Joseph Ntakarutimana the Deputy Secretary General of Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD for the position of speakership that is slated for this Tuesday December 20th. While addressing the press in Arusha, Mr. Ntakarutimana said that his objective will be to make sure the interests of East Africans is at the fore...

The East African Legislative Assembly on Tuesday called on Burundi to join the Anti- Money Laundering group, this comes as it released a report on the progress made by member states on its common foreign and security policies. “The Committee further noted that the Republic of Burundi is not a member of the Eastern...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Felix Antoine Tshisekedi has fired back to President Paul Kagame’s accusations that Kinshasa continued to violate his country’s territorial integrity. Tension between Rwanda and DRC continued to rise despite efforts to defuse the ongoing conflict between the two East African countries through the EAC led dialogue.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame while addressing the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Kigali, called for the East African Community member states to have political will in order to implement the East African Community protocols. “The EAC is currently under funded, delay in implementation of projects and programs, as partners we must work together...