Economy

Economy

Fuel crisis: in Kirundo, travelers lament the lack of transport buses

The prolonged fuel crisis affects passengers and transporters in the Kirundo province in northern Burundi. Cimmuters complain of missing transport buses while transporters say they are working at a loss.

Economy

Cibitoke : vertiginous increase in the price of all basic necessities

A price increase of basic necessities has been observed in all the districts of the Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) for almost a month. The populations are worried about this situation

Economy

Bujumbura : a fire ravaged a market, leaving families in total despair

A dark Sunday for people who carry out their activities at the small market in the Mutanga Nord neighborhood in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura. Several families

Society

Burundi : the price of unobtainable sugar multiplied by almost three times

The price of a kg of sugar for the retailer goes to 8000 Burundi francs while it was bought at 3500. The Moso Sugar Company (SOSUMO), the only state company

Economy

Fuel crisis: hundreds of students unable to go to school due to the strike of transporters sanctioned by a government unable to provide them with fuel

Several hundred students who attend boarding schools were unable to go to their schools for the start of the school year scheduled for September 16. The reason is that transporters

Economy

Burundi : fuel shortage affects media work

Journalists are currently having difficulty moving around in search of information. This is linked to the lack of fuel that still has no solution. The quality of the information delivered

Economy

Fuel crisis: parents and children no longer know where to turn as the school year nears

In Bujumbura, the Burundi’s financial capital, where the United Nations agencies and the central administration are concentrated, the main criterion for finding a school where to enroll your child is

Economy

Mugina : over 70 people arrested in 8 months for having illegally traveled to Rwanda

Residents of villages bordering Rwanda in Mugina district, in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi), no longer hide their concerns. More than 70 people have already been arrested by the police in

Economy

Burundi: Government releases 66 billion for the general population census while waiting for its partners’ financing to come

Development partners who promised to support the country for the general census of the population, housing, agriculture and livestock have not yet honored their commitments, the president of the Central

Economy

Burundi: the World Bank intends to revive the country

The World Bank has promised to give nearly half a billion US dollars to the Burundian government to improve the living conditions of the Burundian citizens, said the Burundian finance