Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his intention to seek a disputed third term more than two years ago, spawning a period of unrest marked by extrajudicial killings, a failed coup, …
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When the order came to leave their protest camp, the students voiced the same refrain. “It is better to be killed in front of the American Embassy than to return …
Burundi’s government insisted Friday that the first stage of controversial elections will go ahead next week despite the central African nation’s ongoing political crisis. Interior Minister Edouard Nduwimana said that …
South Africa and Burundi share the struggle against poverty, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday. “We are also waging a war on poverty, unemployment and inequality,” Zuma told the SA-Burundi Business …
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Burundi’s cabinet will propose new duties on some alcoholic drinks and other products, an airport departure tax and other measures to make up for a shortfall in forecast revenues for …
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Burundi coffee growers plan to open their own bank to give out the loans they need to invest in improving production, in an industry which accounts for a substantial chunk …
Kieran Homes’ early career in the Irish revenue service had not fully prepared him to take over as chief tax collector in Burundi, one of central Africa’s poorest countries. One …
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Burundi has applied to join the East African Development Bank (EADB). Enos Bukuku, the EAC Deputy Secretary-General in charge of Planning and Infrastructure, said the Bank’s governing council would consider …
The Burundi government created another two One-Stop-Shops, one to handle property transfer and the other for construction permits in addition to the one for business startup created in March 2013 …