Burundi senators question 20 percent pass mark used to hire justice ministry recruits
The justice minister told the Senate in Gitega that only 648 candidates passed this year's recruitment exam, against a need for 1,762…
Year: 2026
Putin courts Africa in Moscow as AU chair presses for factories over raw materials
With 48 African delegations in the Russian capital, Moscow promised grain, scholarships and a doubling of trade, while questions over Africans recruited…
Burundi’s inflation falls to 8.4% as IMF team reviews stabilisation drive
Figures presented to a visiting IMF delegation also show domestic revenue up 42.5% and the black-market currency premium narrowing, though Fund staff…
Burundi farmers block northern highway after fertiliser ration is halved
Residents of Busangana, in Matongo , lay across the RN1 on the day the government set for distributing fertiliser already paid for,…
Burundi unveils a National Ballet built around the sacred drum
At a culture ministry showcase in which young performers re-enacted resistance to colonial rule, President Évariste Ndayishimiye called for a national heritage…
Burundi opens fertiliser imports to farmers after years of state-controlled supply
Farmers, their associations and cooperatives may now apply for permits to bring in DAP, urea and potash, though liquid fertilisers stay banned.
Burundi pitches its AI ambitions in Seoul as most of the country remains offline
Finance minister Alain Ndikumana told a World Bank summit that digitised public finances and a new national AI strategy are central to…
Burundi reappoints truth commission under Ndayicariye for four more years
A presidential decree signed in Gitega keeps the 13-member body unchanged as it takes on tens of thousands of disputed land claims…
Burundi watchdog says $2.4 million lost in mineral exports rejected in Dubai
OLUCOME traces the alleged theft to a substandard shipment that Burundi’s central bank sold abroad, only to have it returned, and says…
Burundi to refund farmers who paid for FOMI fertilizer but never received it
Farmers have until Friday to reclaim advance payments for the 2026B season, after months of shortages that drew criticism from parliament and…