University of Burundi Students express worry over grant loan delays
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (2025) –University of Burundi Students are lamenting the current delay in the grant loan. This was announced anonymously by a student from the Kiriri campus in an…
Zoonoses: a danger for livestock farmers and their herds
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – Zoonoses are diseases in which the pathogen (bacteria, virus or parasite) can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. They are spread by…
The shortage of chemical fertilisers is a major problem for farmers
MUYINGA, 27 Feb (ABP) – Farmers are being called upon to produce local natural organic manure and to share the small quantity obtained during this period of shortage of chemical…
Staggering rise in prices of foodstuffs and other goods
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – Prices of foodstuffs, other products and rents are rising sharply in Bujumbura Mayorship, ABP observed on Thursday 27 February 2025 during a tour of various…
Expenditure commitment ceilings for the third quarter of 2024/2025 on the agenda of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting
GITEGA, February 27th (ABP) – The Cabinet met on Wednesday 26 February 2025 at the presidential palace in Gitega (the political capital and center of Burundi), under the chairmanship of…
The First Lady of Burundi travelled to Zanzibar
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – The First Lady of the Republic of Burundi, Angeline Ndayishimiye, travelled to Zanzibar in the United Republic of Tanzania on Wednesday 26 February 2025. She…
Farmers call for immediate delivery of Imbura and Totahaza fertilisers
KAYANZA, February 27th (ABP) – At a time when there is a shortage of Imbura and Totahaza fertilisers in various communes of Kayanza province (north), local agronomists and farmers are…
The art of basketry, one of the income-generating trades
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – The art of basket-making is one of the income-generating trades. These are the words of Ezechiel Nizigiyimana, a basket-maker who practises his craft at Bujumbura’s…
Houses dislodged and fields damaged by rain and strong winds
RUTANA, February 27th (ABP) – In the afternoon of Tuesday 25 February 2025, violent weather hit the villages of Gitanga and Kazeba, in the commune of Gitanga, in the province…
Women from Bujumbura Mayorship take up the trade of builder’s helper
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – The trade of builder’s helper is no longer the monopoly of men, according to the assertions of women practising this trade, met on Monday 24…