UNHCR is mandated to provide protection, assistance and solutions for refugees, asylum-seekers, returnees, stateless persons, internally displaced people and others of concern to the Office, of whom there were 86.5 million at the end of 2019. With COVID-19 sweeping the globe, more than 20 million people worldwide are confirmed to …
Climate change has large influences on agriculture and thus food security, which remains heavily dependent on rainfall over Eastern Africa Community (EAC). This study sought to explore the spatial effects of climate change on agricultural production in five countries in EAC, namely Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. The climate …
An intense cholera outbreak has killed some 1 562 people in Eastern and Southern Africa since the beginning of the year. The deaths have been recorded from 104 095 outbreaks in Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Somalia accounts for 75 percent …
BUJUMBURA Burundi (Xinhua) -- Over 229 houses and public infrastructures were damaged in heavy rains that hit Thursday morning in several localities in Nyanza-Lac district, in Makamba province, southern Burundi, local authorities said on Thursday. “Heavy rains mixed with violent wind this morning hit several villages in Nyanza-Lac. That disaster …
Dodoma — Tanzania in collaboration with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Burundi and Zambia are in talks with the World Bank (WB) to secure financial support that will help save the Lake Tanganyika. The Lake Tanganyika, which is the second deepest in the world, has had its depth …
Over 1,400 hectares of forests have been devastated by bush fires in Burundi since the beginning of the dry season in June, an environment official said Tuesday. The province of Bururi in the south of Burundi comes on the top in terms of burnt areas. Up to Monday, the province …
The Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) Saturday disclosed that Nile Basin Commission will be established to enforce demands of equitable utilization of the Nile river’s resources. The commission will be established soon after three additional Nile Basin member states approve the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda …
Burundian Second Vice-President Joseph Butore on Tuesday called for urgent measures to stop the pollution of Lake Tanganyika. "Urgent and concrete measures need to be taken to stop the pollution of Lake Tanganyika waters," Butore said after visiting the shores of the lake in the capital city Bujumbura. "People entitled …
BUJUMBURA - The Burundian senate Wednesday passed a bill on the ratification of an agreement between Burundi and the World Bank's International Development Association to boost the country's farming sector. The bill will provides the financial agreement worth 75 million U.S. dollars to support farmers and farmers' associations doing their …
Pop icon Beyonce is throwing her superstar power behind a new effort to bring safe, clean water to children in Burundi in a partnership with UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Friday (June 30, 2017). Plans call for the project, BEYGOOD4BURUNDI, to help build wells and improve hygiene …
East Africa is driving a global initiative to phase out the use of mercury in mining, as it is harmful to human health and the environment. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Burundi have announced plans to phase out use of mercury in artisanal mining of gold, which tends to be …
Bujumbura – The fuel crisis in Burundi is deepening daily, with many fuel stations having not had fuel for several weeks now. The few stations that still have fuel face long lines of vehicles, while ticket prices for public transport to the countryside have doubled due to the fuel shortages. …
Lake Tanganyika was recently declared the “Threatened Lake of 2017” — adversely affected by human activity in the form of climate change, deforestation, overfishing and hydrocarbon exploitation. Starting in the early 2000s, scientists began to document that the surface waters were warming rapidly. As if scientists and lake managers at …
Three international development agencies have come together to mobilise more than $1 billion for power generation across Africa, including the 147MW Ruzizi III project that will supply electricity to Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), its industrial and infrastructure development …
Bujumbura — A CHILD has been swept away by floods and more than 100 houses away in the wake of heavy rains that have pounded Burundi this week. The capital Burundi has suffered the most severe inclement weather with the houses destroyed in the Buterere, Kamenge and Kinama areas. Houses …
The Rusumo Hydropower Project upon completion is expected to benefit over 500,000 households in Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, according to officials. During the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of the 80-MW regional project last Thursday, officials emphasized that the latter shows that regional countries can achieve greater development enterprises for their …
Tanzania’s Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo and his Rwanda and Burundian counterparts are expected to grace the ground-breaking event scheduled at the Tanzania-Rwanda border. Each partner state will have a share of 26.6MW to be connected to their national power grids. The project is as well meant …
Kampala - An outbreak of malaria has killed over 4000 people in Burundi so far this year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, a dramatic rise over the 700 victims the government announced just two weeks ago. There have been over 9 million cases of malaria in the East African …
BUJUMBURA – Burundi is suffering a worrying malaria epidemic, with more than 800 deaths since the beginning of the year. The minister of health, Josiane Nijimbere, told reporters that the disease had killed nearly 800 people since the beginning of this year, that’s an average of almost 10 deaths every …
Bujumbura Burundi's government says malaria has killed more than 700 people across the country so far this year. The Ministry of Health told reporters on Monday that the country is facing a malaria epidemic. Health Minister Dr. Josiane Nijimbere said the death toll is "worrying" as pregnant women and children …
The East African Community partner states have agreed to renew the war on water hyacinth. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda also proposed that governments and other players develop pollution prevention and control master plans for all major sources of pollutants within the lake basin. These are some of the …
