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Samman Vohra racks-up ARC Burundi win with peerless drive in Ngozi
TV47
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August 16, 2025
Reigning Kenyan Champion Samman Singh Vohra racked-up his second win of the 2025 FIA African Rally Championship (ARC) season as Rallye International Du Burundi dust settled in Ngozi, a northern city which serves as the capital of Ngozi Province....
Migrants to Iowa strike different portraits where ‘American Gothic’ was created
Associated Press
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August 22, 2025
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame house. The...
Parolin in Burundi: For the common good, so everyone may live with dignity
Vatican News
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August 16, 2025
During his visit to the African country, the Cardinal Secretary of State celebrated Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary at the Marian Shrine of Mugera, and the day before, he inaugurated a monument at the site where the Apostolic...
Two tragedies rock Gitega province : one man fatally beaten and another found hanged
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 14, 2025 – Gitega province, in the center of the small east African nation, was marked, during the same week, by two separate tragedies that caused shock among the local population. One involved a murder linked to...
Burundi : Congolese Rrefugees in distress faced with dwindling aid
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, August 9, 2025 – Amid rising humanitarian needs and dwindling international resources, the regional representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Africa, Mamadou Dian Balde, visited...
Celebrate Afro-Caribbean culture with food, music and dance
St. Albert Gazette
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August 22, 2025
St. Albert Afro-Caribbean Festival is on August 24 at Lions Park on Sir Winston Churchill Ave. This weekend, African and Caribbean cultures will be celebrated at St. Albert’s Afro-Caribbean Festival with authentic food, music, dancing, and market...
GAMBIA TO PAY $25K FOR STADIUM, OTHER LOGISTICS TO HOST BURUNDI IN KENYA As homeless Scorpions head for Word Cup qualifiers
The Standard Gambia
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August 14, 2025
- Advertisement - The Gambia Football Federation has been charged a whopping Twenty- five thousand dollars by Kenya, for the provision of a stadium and costs of other hosting logistics for the Scorpions’ home game against Burundi in the World Cup...
Karan's ARC title defence hit with yet another setback as he withdraws from Burundi leg
Star
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Karan Patel/ HANDOUT Two-time African Rally champion Karan Patel’s title defence hopes have suffered another heavy blow after he was forced to withdraw from the fourth leg of the 2025 ARC in Burundi, set tomorrow, following unforeseen delays in...
“I am very happy to be among you”: Vatican Secretary of State on Arrival in Burundi for Weeklong Pastoral Visit
ACI Africa
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August 12, 2025
During the August 12-18 visit, the Vatican Secretary of State is scheduled to meet with Church leaders, government authorities, and various communities, encouraging them in faith and promoting dialogue and peace. On Wednesday, August 13, Cardinal...
Botswana secures historic $12 billion investment agreement from Qatar’s Al Mansour Holdings
The Times of India
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In a strategic move to counter a deepening economic downturn and accelerate long-term development, Botswana has signed a $12 billion investment agreement with Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings. The deal, encompassing multiple high-impact sectors,...
Burundi faces five-day blackout, worsening fuel shortage
Punch
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August 8, 2025
Much of Burundi has been living without electricity since Monday, with the capital Bujumbura paralysed, as the country also experiences fuel shortages, AFP learned Friday from multiple sources. The tiny African Great Lakes nation is among the...
Holy See and Burundi mark sixty years of diplomatic relations
Vatican News
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August 12, 2025
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin pays a visit to Burundi for the close of the Jubilee marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the East African nation. By Vatican News At the invitation of the local Church and...
Burundi’s New Foreign Minister – Social Media Past Shows He’s Deep FDLR Sympathiser
KT Press Rwanda
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August 7, 2025
2 Dr Edouard Bizimana Burundi’s newly appointed Foreign Minister, Dr. Edouard Bizimana, is facing mounting scrutiny over a series of inflammatory tweets that critics say portray him as sympathetic to the FDLR — a militia group composed in part of...
Burundi : BRB bets on the Chinese Yuan, the civil society fears adverse effects
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 6, 2025 — The Burundi Central Bank (BRB) has authorized, in a pilot phase, the use of the Chinese Yuan (RMB) to pay for imports from China. Twenty Burundian companies operating in the production, industry, and...
Two bodies found in one week in Bugendana : growing concern in Gitega province
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 11, 2025 – In the district of Bugendana, Gitega Province (central Burundi), the discovery of two lifeless bodies in less than a week has alarmed residents. These tragic events, which occurred in violent and...
Burundi : Ndayishimiye tightens his control with a reduced government and strategic returns
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 5, 2025 – A few hours after appointing Nestor Ntahontuye as Prime Minister, President Évariste Ndayishimiye unveiled, through his spokesperson Rosine Guilène Gatoni, the composition of a remodeled government....
Burundi : Kenny Claude Nduwimana challenges the president in an open letter regarding his prolonged detention
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 5, 2025 – In an open letter sent to President Évariste Ndayishimiye, Burundian journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana denounces his arbitrary detention that has lasted for twenty months, even though he was only...
State restrictions threaten new Burundi guide against hate speech, incitement
Media Observer
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August 11, 2025
Burundi ranks highly globally among states with most repressive environments for media practice and public freedoms. Successive post-independence governments have used various unorthodox methods to visit fear on the society and independent-minded...
Sachania shifts gears in Burundi Rally in bold title push
Star
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Nikhil Sachania (R) and his navigator Deep Patel/ HANDOUT Paraplegic rally ace Nikhil Sachania is gunning for a crucial haul of points at this weekend’s Burundi Rally as he mounts a full-throttle assault on a maiden African Rally Championship...
Burundi and M23 Exchange Prisoners of War
The Rwandan
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August 5, 2025
Burundi has recovered 20 of its soldiers who were captured in combat by the M23 rebel movement since 2023. In return, M23 received the same number of its fighters who had been detained by Burundian authorities, according to reliable sources cited...