Economy
Burundi : consumers overwhelmed by the general rise in prices
Burundi is experiencing a sort of cascading price increase for basic necessities. This leads to the high cost of the living. The purchasing power of the inhabitants has not changed.
Makamba : a wave of arrests among traders
Thirty judgments were made in less than a week, in in swift trial, against traders in the province of Makamba (southern Burundi) a source at the provincial prosecutor’s office, said.
Burundi : the fuel crisis far from being resolved
After more than 18 months of fuel crisis, the Burundian authorities give no hope. They announce measures which don’t last. Activists themselves, propose that a round table on the issue
Burundi: lack of new banknotes of 5000 and 10000 which replace the old ones in some banks and microfinance
Since this Friday morning, banks and microfinances clients have responded to the Burundi central bank governor’s call. The BRB governor gave a ten-day-period to deposit the 5,000 and 10,000 Burundian
Burundi: new banknotes of ten thousand and five thousand put into circulation
The Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) has announced the circulation of new banknotes of ten thousand and five thousand francs to replace those issued in 2018. The governor
Mabayi : 15 clandestine gold miners died in an artisanal mine
The horror happened on the night of Friday to Saturday on Rutabo sub-village, Gafumbegeti village. It is in the Butahana zone of the district of Mabayi, in the province of
Burundi : inhabitants of Bujumbura city can no longer bear the high cost of living
The population of the commercial city Bujumbura is indignant at the excessively high prices of foodstuffs on the market. Families are no longer able to provide three meals a day
Burundi : ukosefu wa mafuta ya gari watangazwa kwa mara nyingine
Ni ukosefu wa mafuta kwa mara nyingine tena kulingana na wasafiri. Kwenye vituo vya mafuta, milolongo mirefu ya magari imeshuhudiwa jumatatu hii pasina matumaini ya kupata bidhaa hiyo. Badala yake,
Burundi: a new fuel shortage looming
This is yet another shortage, according to different end users. On some service stations were observed this Monday, queues as far as the eye could see, without hope of being
Rumonge : the government adopts an additional envelope of 18 billion for rehabilitation works of the RN3
The Council of Ministers adopted this week an envelope of eighteen billion additional francs for the rehabilitation project of the national road number three (RN3). The government spokesperson indicates that