Obama speaks out against extended presidential term limits
On Burundi, the US said the best option after the controversial re-election of President Pierre Nkurunziza would be power sharing. The US has also expressed strong reservations over plans by…
Tanzania: 130,000 refugees vaccinated against cholera in Nyarugusu camp
Kigoma/Geneva – A cholera vaccination campaign to protect Burundian and Congolese refugees in the overflowing Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania has been completed by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this week. However,…
Burundi opposition leader becomes deputy speaker in new parliament
BUJUMBURA, Burundi opposition leader Agathon Rwasa on Thursday took up the position of deputy speaker in parliament after an election which his coalition had boycotted, prompting a political ally to…
Burundi: Igipolisi kigose agace ka Jabe nyuma ya gerenade n’amasasu byumvikanye
Agace ka Jabe kakunzwe kurangwamo imyigaragambyo ikaze y’abamaganaga manda ya gatatu ya perezida Pierre Nkurunziza mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa kane yazengurutswe n’abapolisi bari bazanwe ku bwinshi, ku buryo…
Igisirikare cy’u Rwanda kinjiye ku butaka bwa Congo
Premier Sergent Mollia Jeff wo muri regiment ya 82 y’igisirikare cya Congo, FARDC, amaze iminsi 3 afungiwe mu Rwanda nk’uko byatangajwe kuri uyu wa kabiri tariki 28 Nyakanga n’ihuriro rya…
LOVE FOR MOTHERLAND
The spirit of love to country, respect to its countrymen-women and determination to lead the country to a better future is totally lost in Rwanda. Of recently the minister of…
Yari mayibobo none ubu ni rwiyemezamirimo uhambaye muri Kigali
Mu nyubako yo kwa Rubangura, uyu Caguwa bamufata nk’umwe mu bacuruzi b’icyitegererezo (Ifoto/Irakoze R.) Ntibyoroshye gusobanura uko uwari mayibobo, utarigeze anakandagiza ikirenge mu ishuri yavuye ku gucuruza amashashi ubu akaba …
Rwanda issues arrest warrant for former envoy
IN SUMMARY Protais Mitali, who previously headed the Liberal Party, one of Rwanda’s oldest political parties, is wanted by Interpol on charges of ‘embezzlement and theft’ of party's funds. Mr…
Burundi: Mothers fear children will go hungry as shattered economy reels from months of violence
The Central Market in the capital Bujumbura has been severely hit by the surge in violence in Burundi(IBTimes UK/Elsa Buchanan) At the central market in Bujumbura, Pascasie Habonimana sells her…
Uganda Parliament passes new anti-tobacco law
A man smokes a cigarette in public in Kampala recently. PHOTO BY FAISWAL KASIRYE By ISMAIL MUSA LADU PARLIAMENT. MPs yesterday passed the Tobacco Control bill, 2014, into law with several…