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EAC Calls for Action Against Mpox Outbreak

The East African Community (EAC) has issued a call to its eight member states to intensify public education on the prevention and protection against mpox (monkeypox) following a recent outbreak in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo …
July 31, 2024

Four EAC Partners Join The Kenya-Uganda SGR Project

Four East African Community member states this week joined the Kenya and Uganda joint project to develop a modern railway on the Northern Corridor. However, the lack of funding remains a persistent issue for the joint standard gauge railway (SGR) …
May 4, 2024

Tanzania,Burundi In Talks About SGR Link

Tanzania and Burundi have begun formal talks on the technical aspects of building a standard railway gauge railway (SGR) link after securing funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Tanzania’s Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba held back-to-back meetings with representatives from …
March 24, 2024

Burundi shuts border with Rwanda amid spat

The Rwandan government  said ,Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. The Rwandan government says Burundi had decided to shut its border with …
January 13, 2024

Burundi president calls for stoning of gay couples

Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country “should be stoned”. Ndayishimiye, a fervent Catholic, also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid. Homosexual sex is illegal …
December 29, 2023

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