05-16-2017 ■ On May 12, the Minister of Finance issued a Ministerial Ordinance exempting six food products from tax. Consumers and traders say these products are not enough given the economic situation in Burundi. “Cassava and cassava flour, maize and maize flour, rice and dried beans are the products exempt from (...)

09-11-2013 ■ In Bujumbura markets like in other markets of the country, the price of staple food products is rising considerably. – By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse According to a report from ABUCO, the Burundian Consumers’ Association, staple food products prices are increasing in a frightening way, at Bujumbura City Council and (...)