Bujumbura
Economy

SOSUMO revises list of sugar wholesalers to end speculation
02-04-2020
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Bujumbura residents report an increase in the price of sugar since January 2020 while traders speak of a shortage of this product in stocks. Brigadier General Aloys Ndayikengurukiye, Managing Director of Moso Sugar Company explains that the quantity of sugar sold from January 2019 to January 2020 remains the (...)
Politics

Over 5 million Burundians registered to vote in upcoming elections
02-04-2020
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Pierre Claver Kazihise, Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI has announced that the final list of Burundians who will cast a vote in the upcoming elections is available now. “5,126,351 voters including 2, 688,803 women and 2,437,548 men have been registered for the forthcoming elections”, said Mr. Kazihise (...)
Environment

Rain damage risks cutting off Bujumbura from other provinces
01-30-2020
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More than 130 houses were destroyed as a result of the torrential rain that hit Bujumbura city in the afternoon of 28 January. The National Platform for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management warns that Bujumbura will be cut off from the rest of other provinces if nothing is done (...)
Economy

Sugar price climbs, consumers association demands government to tell reasons
01-29-2020
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The price of sugar has increased for more than three weeks in Bujumbura city. Consumers and sellers wonder about the causes. The Burundian Consumers’ Association calls on the government to communicate the causes of the rise in sugar price and fix the price to avoid speculation. The price of (...)
Economy

When former Bujumbura Central Market to be operational? People wonder
01-28-2020
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Seven years after the Bujumbura Central Market burned down; many Burundians wonder why the place that housed that former commercial establishment remains unexploited. They regret that it is a huge loss for the country not to exploit that large space located in the center of the capital. The main (...)
Environment

Law banning use of plastic materials to be enforced soon
01-23-2020
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With less than a month before the end of the use of non-biodegradable materials, Bujumbura residents continue to use plastic bags widely. Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock claims to be fully prepared for the law enforcement. They say the government has the role to ban plastic materials marketing. (...)
Economy

Burundian Bar yet to achieve independence
01-22-2020
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“The violation of lawyers’ independence is one of the challenges Bujumbura Bar is faced with,” said Jean de Dieu Muhuzenge, President of Bujumbura Bar at a press conference held on 21 January on the occasion of the celebration of the 70th anniversary since Bujumbura Bar was created. He gave (...)
EAC integration

EAC constitutional experts conclude their consultations in Burundi
01-21-2020
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Eighteen constitutional experts from six partner states of the East African Community have brought to an end their national consultations in Burundi this January 20. They collected views of different stakeholders including the administration, banks, Burundi Revenue Authority, civil society organizations, religious denominations, women and youth associations, political parties, (...)
Society

COSSESSONA, union that arrested unionists
01-20-2020
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The two representatives of SYGEPEBU and SEPEDUC trade unions are jailed in Bujumbura. The origin of their imprisonment is the resistance of these unions to forcibly join COSSESSONA, the coalition of teachers’ unions. It’s panic among other affiliates… The two unionists, currently in jail, never thought it would take (...)
Politics

REACTIONS: “International support for press freedom in Burundi is real”
01-16-2020
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The European Parliament today adopted a resolution condemning the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Burundi in the run-up to the May 2020 elections. Parliamentarians have called for the release of Iwacu journalists. Tom Gibson of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the resolution. How did (...)