Burundi to join East African payment network by December 2026

Burundi will join the East African Payment System by December 2026, enabling real-time cross-border payments and advancing efforts to reduce reliance on foreign currencies in regional trade. The Bank of the Republic of Burundi told a meeting of East …

UNESCO Establishes the Operational Framework for Dialogue and Trauma Healing Activities in Burundi

Building on this shared foundation, participants then defined the modalities for implementing the cultural, media and community based interventions. Discussions focused in particular on the organization of artistic residencies, the use of art as a means of …

When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership

Experts on how Burundi, DR Congo ignored Gatumba massacre

CEPI, Free Tech Institute Explore Pathways to Boost Tech Sector in Cameroon, Burundi

By Boris Esono Nwenfor BUEA, PAV – The Cameroon Economic Policy Institute (CEPI), in partnership with the Free Tech Institute, have examined the opportunities and challenges confronting the technology sectors in Cameroon and Burundi with a focus on …

Rutaremara on how Burundi shielded genocide suspects

Burundi’s Gatumba Massacre: 22 Years Later, Banyamulenge Survivors Still Seek Answers

8 The Banyamulenge community in Rwanda held the 22nd commemoration of the Gatumba massacre which occurred on August 13, 20024 in Burundi. KIGALI – For Kimararungu Musamatare, survival began with pretending to be someone he was not. In 1996, as violence …

List of 10 weakest currencies in Africa based on exchange rates in August 2026

São Tomé and Príncipe's dobra and Sierra Leone's leone both require over 22,000 units to buy a single US dollar Four East African currencies, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania and Rwanda, feature among the continent's weakest in August 2026 Weak …

Regional, global leaders congratulate HH on his re-election

BURUNDI President and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Evariste Ndayishimiye has congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election and wished him success in uniting the country. And Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan says she is …

FEASSA games, EADB enter partnership in Morogoro

At least 413 school teams from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi are participating in this year’s East Africa Secondary School Games organised by FEASSA. The ten-day games, taking place in Morogoro, Tanzania, have also attracted sponsorship of …