Bujumbura City
Education

About 55,000 students sit for National Test
08-07-2017
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Final year students from secondary school are sitting for a national test from today 7 till 10 July 2017. The test will give them access to university education 55,438 students were supposed to sit for the national test this Monday in 63 examination centres throughout the country. However, (...)
Society

Electricity: Rolling blackouts to give way to higher prices
06-08-2017
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Some consumers wonder whether the shortage of electricity they have experienced over the last months has been caused by the fact that they were paying little. After several months of getting electricity on rolling blackouts, residents of Bujumbura city will “soon” start receiving the electricity normally, but at higher (...)
Society

Bujumbura City: 800 Restaurants and Bars to Be Closed
08-31-2016
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Unclean water used to wash utensils; buzzing flies, a low standard of cleanliness… these are some conditions in which restaurants near Sion market are operating. All along the alleyway leading to Sion market passing through the Agriculture Avenue in Ngagara neighborhood of Bujumbura City, the owners of these small (...)
Culture

Promoting English in Burundi
09-10-2014
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Thirty-three learners graduated in English training at Candle English Language Center this August 30. The graduates appreciate the project and call on all Burundians to join the English training centers throughout all the country.–J.Berchmans Siboniyo The learners are divided into groups. The adult learners have been learning English for (...)
Health

Much effort still needed to fight against Malaria in Burundi
09-14-2013
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The results of a survey on indicators of Malaria in 2012 show that some actions have been carried out to fight against it all over the country though a great step is still necessary to eradicate it effectively-By Yves Didier Irakoze According to the results, about two-third of households (...)
EAC integration

Few Burundians take part in EAC Trade Fairs
08-08-2013
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Trade fairs take place in EAC countries but very few Burundians participate. The main cause is the lack of many of products to exhibit. However, some of them try to do their best and go to compete with other EAC partners- by Diane Uwimana Désiré Ndikumana, aged 31, is (...)