Economy
Burundi : Taxpayer’s day, the Finance minister torches OBR agents
The taxpayer’s day was celebrated in the commercial capital Bujumbura for the 9th time. It was on Tuesday, December 3. Despite some challenges in revenue collection, the Commissioner General of
Bujumbura : President Neva wants to hang on
A round table of development partners and foreign investors has been held in Bujumbura, the commercial city of Burundi, since Thursday. The objective is to mobilize funding for the implementation
Kira Hospital case : Burundi faces serious consequences
The major shareholder of Burundi’s most prestigious clinic, Kira Hospital, wrote to the Burundian Minister of Justice to denounce the deliberate blocking of the dispossession file of the majority private
Rumonge : about twenty traders including two police officers arrested
They were arrested on Monday. They are all sellers of Brarudi products, in the town center of Rumonge province (southwest Burundi). According to our sources, these traders are accused of
Gatumba : travelers forced to pay bribes to cross the border easily
Congolese people crossing the Gatumba-Kavimvira border between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are lamenting. Burundian immigration officers are asking them to pay money to be able to
Burundi : a local organization calls for the resignation of the government
The Observatory for the fight against corruption and economic embezzlement, OLUCOME, called on the Burundian government on Tuesday to “make a courageous decision” and “resign” because it is unable to
Fuel crisis : Burundians subjected to fanciful conditions
Burundians continue to face consequences of the fuel crisis that has been shaking this country for almost 47 months. Authorities of the small East African nation, who no longer have
Makamba-Rutana : a worrying delay in the distribution of fertilizers
Farmers in the provinces of Makamba and Rutana in southeastern Burundi say they have gradually lost hope of being supplied with fertilizers for the current farming season. They have long
Rumonge : intelligence seized a large quantity of fuel
This is a quantity of at least 2500 liters of fuel. The seizure took place in the Swahili neighborhood in the town center of the province of Rumonge (southwest Burundi).
Bujumbura : bread prices revised upwards
Residents of the economic capital Bujumbura are beginning to get used to the incessant rise in the prices of basic necessities, but the pace of this increase worries more than