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Burundi - Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel to Burundi due to COVID-19. Reconsider travel to Burundi due to crime, health, and political violence.

One of the poorest countries in the world, Burundi is a small francophone, densely populated central African nation bordering Lake Tanganyika, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After more than 12 years of civil and ethnic strife, an electoral process deemed free and fair resulted in the installation of a democratic government in 2005. Years of fighting have devastated a historically fragile economy that depends largely on subsistence agriculture. Poor public health and education, weather disasters such as drought and floods, crop diseases, soaring food and fuel prices, and lack of infrastructure exacerbate the effects of conflict and delay recovery.

Limited facilities for tourism are slowly becoming available around Bujumbura. Outside the capital particularly towards the southern town of Rumonge tourist facilities are developing along the lakeshore. However, road and safety guidelines should be considered when traveling outside of Bujumbura.

Covid-19 vaccine gap between rich and poor nations keeps widening
As the US rolls out booster shots, vaccination rate in low-income countries stands at 2.2%, feeding fears of new variants ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:30:00 GMT

East Africa: Burundi Schools Open As Uganda Insists On Jabs First
Schools in Burundi are set to reopen on Monday September 13, after a three-month long holiday, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases countrywide.
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:19:00 GMT

Grad student and rookie MP gives new meaning to \'learning on the job\'
When Arielle Kayabaga returns to classes at Carleton University this fall, she might have a thing or two to teach her professors. Kayabaga, a first-term city councillor in London, Ont., took the ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 25 Sep 2021 01:00:00 GMT

Burundi: Reporter\'s Diary - Finding Forgiveness in Burundi\'s Mass Graves
The bouts of violence that have shaken Burundi since the 1960s received little attention compared to events in neighbouring Rwanda. So when a truth and reconciliation commission began digging up mass ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:15:00 GMT

MILES KEMPLAY, MPH
Miles Kemplay, MPH, is the Executive Director of Adolescence at the Children?s Investment Fund Foundation. Dr Raffaela Schiavon is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with an extensive work in clinical, ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:41:00 GMT

APARAJITA GOGO, PhD
Aparajita Gogoi, PhD, is the executive director of Centre for Catalyzing Change and the National Coordinator of the White Ribbon Alliance, India.
Publ.Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:08:00 GMT

Kwale Teachers Training College to be commissioned next month
The recently constructed Sh300 million Kwale Teachers Training College is set to be commissioned. It is expected to have its first classes of at least 200 students on October 4. T ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:04:00 GMT

Concord?s 14th annual Multicultural Festival: ?Embracing everyone like we are a family?
Dance instructor Sindy Chown jumped onto the stage wearing yellow high-top sneakers and colorful scrunchies on her wrists and braids, accompanied by seven young girls in matching t-shirts from the ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:51:00 GMT

Top local coach Bizimungu passes on
Former SC Kiyovu and Rayon Sports head coach, Ally Bizimungu, died on Sunday, August 29, from an unspecified medical condition at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK). Bizimungu, who also ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:00:00 GMT

Feature: Juncao technology improving livelihood of Rwandan people
Within a small production room in Gasabo which is on the outskirts of Rwandan capital Kigali a 35-year-old man emerges with mushr ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:10:00 GMT

Burundi schools open as Uganda insists on jabs first
Schools in Burundi are set to reopen on Monday September 13, after a three-month long holiday, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases countrywide.
Publ.Date : Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:09:00 GMT

Burundi schools open as Uganda insists on jabs first
PHOTO | FILE Schools in Burundi are set to reopen on Monday September ... despite several hints by government officials and a slow successful teacher vaccination campaign initiated late August.
Publ.Date : Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:36:00 GMT