06-06-2014 ■ Rumonge market has about 1300 traders. Among them 833 have their own places inside the market. Others are all around the market. Women selling fruit are gathered outside. In the market, it is hard to find a path very easily without squeezing oneself. However, everybody tries to make his/her (...)

05-30-2014 ■ The majority of Burundians do not understand the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem. The Ministry in charge of environment eagerly needs journalists’ sensitization.-Diane Uwimana “The protected areas and their biodiversity are threatened in Burundi. The needs of growing food, fuel, firewoods, illegal occupation of areas, fast and illicit enrichment, (...)

05-14-2014 ■ Due to high water price in Burundi, ESCEP-Bât constructs and sells water tanks from 1,000 litres to 4,000 litres, which consist of collecting and storing water in a tank.–By Diane Uwimana Gilbert Nkezabahizi, Chairperson of the Company ESCEP-Bât, notes that the company has the major objectives of improving the (...)

05-09-2014 ■ These roads are famous for their business activities. People may say that if someone look for something and want shopping, he/she may go to these avenues. Shops, forex bureaux and bank offices… are found there. Everybody feels rushed in business even if it is a little one.-Diane Uwimana In (...)

04-30-2014 ■ Since its creation in 2005, Bio-energy Company produces charcoal from household waste to protect the environment and create jobs.-Diane Uwimana Inside the compound, everybody feels rushed. Some expose the finished products of the transformed charcoal from waste collected in different households in the country in general and in Bujumbura (...)

04-21-2014 ■ Stakeholders from the public, civil society, media institutions in Burundi established National Interim Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Network on 11th April 2014.-By Diane Uwimana Twelve members drawn from different institutions (public and civil society) constitute the Interim PHE Network and will be coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, (...)

04-17-2014 ■ Long ago, a lot of small monkeys were wandering along trees located at “Prince Louis Rwagasore Chaussée”, on the Transfusion Blood National Institution, inside the National Center of Agro-food Technology. Even today several monkeys like the place because there are many uncut trees in which they should shelter.-By Diane Uwimana (...)

04-11-2014 ■ CTB (Belgian Technical Cooperation) projects have managed to save many lives thanks to their work in the above mentioned areas.–Joanna Nganda “My house is near the road and although a lot of water got inside the house, we could see that a lot more water was contained by the (...)

03-28-2014 ■ On 18th March 2014, 350 Burundi Network on climate Change has launched a campaign “Burundi Power Shift” (Ubushobozi bwawe). 60 persons from all provinces of Burundi have been trained about the climate change reality in Burundi.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse 350 Burundi Network on Climate Change (350 BNCC) is an (...)

03-27-2014 ■ A second meeting of the Sub-group of work on protected areas and savage fauna in Central Africa has been launched at Libreville in Gabon very recently.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “The main objective of this workshop was to finalize the guide on the creation and management of trans-borders protected areas (...)