China Estimates 4.8B Trips in First Half of Spring Festival
BEIJING (TDI), February 3rd (www.thediplomaticinsight.com) A total of 4.8 billion inter-regional passenger trips were estimated to be made across China from January 14 to February 2, the first half of…
Russia Launches Themed Train for Chinese New Year
MOSCOW (TDI), February 3rd (www.thediplomaticinsight.com) – – Russia unveiled a themed metro train to mark the Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year according to the lunar calendar. Speaking at…
Chinese Celebrate Spring Festival with Traditions
BEIJING (TDI), February 3rd (www.thediplomaticinsight.com) With traditional fairs and shopping and travel booms over this year’s extended holiday, China is celebrating the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake,…
Spring Festival: China Expects 1.85M Passengers Daily
BEIJING (TDI), February 3rd (www.thediplomaticinsight.com) – – China’s ports are expected to experience a surge in inbound and outbound passenger flows during the 2025 Spring Festival holidays, with an average…
Burundi Flooding: Thousands Displaced by the Rising Waters of Lake Tanganyika and the Rusizi River
January 20th (AMSP/CGTN) – – Thousands of people in Burundi have been displaced by flooding caused by overflowing waters of Lake Tanganyika. Villages on the shores of the lake are…
Waste management at the Cotebu market remains unsatisfactory
BUJUMBURA, January 7th (ABP) – Some localities in the city of Bujumbura are faced with insalubrity, despite the efforts of the authorities to raise awareness among local administrative staff of…
President of the Republic calls for concrete action against erosion
MURAMVYA, January 7th (ABP) – On Saturday January 4, 2024, the President of the Republic of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, joined the population of the predominantly rice-growing communes of Mbuye and…
FAO Warns of Unusual Dry Conditions in East Africa
UGANDA, January 6th (AMSP/CGTN) – – East Africa is bracing for drier weather in the first quarter of the new year. Global and regional organizations are warning that the change…
The media plays an important role in the early warning system
BUJUMBURA, December 31st (ABP) – The Geographical Institute of Burundi (IGEBU) is organizing a workshop for media professionals on the interpretation of weather forecasts and other climatic information, from December…
Tree-growing year launched under the Ewe Burundi urambaye programme
CANKUZO, December 24th (ABP) – The chairman of the technical committee of the Ewe Burundi urambaye programme, Major General Ignace Sibomana, launched the 2024/2025 tree-growing year under the Ewe Burundi…