Burundi looks to agriculture to drive its next stage of growth
The ambition is urgent: to turn a sector on which nearly 85% of Burundian households depend into an engine of investment, industrialisation…
Year: 2026
Why Is former AU official Amb. Frédéric Gateretse-Ngoga embarrassingly shopping for media reputation after his AU-PAP dismissal for gross misconduct?
In a region where ethnicity, exile and embassy queues are already loaded weapons, turning other people’s panic into a personal “watch this…
The danger of being small and staying small: Xenophobia against Burundians in Kenya
The Burundian selling mandazi did not steal Kenya’s jobs. He is simply visible, foreign, and poor, the perfect scapegoat for failures created…
Francis Rohero wins FPI nomination with a promise to rebuild Burundi
Francis Rohero will carry the banner of the FraternitĂ© des Patriotes-Ineza in Burundi’s 2027 presidential election after securing a victory in the…
Burundi raises alarm over treatment of Its citizens in Kenya
Arrested, stripped, beaten and robbed: that is how Burundi describes the treatment of some of its citizens in Kenya. With Nairobi preparing…
Burundi health minister promises end to medicine shortages as audit exposes failings at state supplier
Burundi’s state medicine supplier insists it is recovering. But an explosive audit has left MPs asking a more uncomfortable question: where did…
Burundi tightens border watch as Ebola toll climbs in neighbouring DRC
On August 31, border surveillance agents gathered in Bujumbura for specialised training, the latest step in a prevention drive the government hopes…
Kenya moves to shut foreigners out of small-scale trade, raising fears for Burundians
Ruto wants small businesses back in Kenyan hands. For thousands of foreign traders, Burundians included, the message sounds increasingly like a warning.
Uganda-Rwanda: Muhoozi Kainerugaba rekindles the dangerous question of ethnicity
A family feud in Kampala has awakened the ghosts of the Great Lakes. By invoking Hutu and Tutsi identities, Uganda’s powerful army…
Maybe it is time we apply “First Principles” to the issue of recurrent fires
We keep blaming the state every time a market burns, but here is the uncomfortable question: how much responsibility are we willing…