Burundi marked a significant milestone on July 1, 2025, celebrating the 63rd anniversary of its independence from Belgian colonial rule. The East African nation gained sovereignty on July 1, 1962 ...

Between 2016–2017, the poverty rate for Burundi’s divorced, separated, and widowed women increased to 76.8 percent, while this rate for married women increased to 56.5 percent over the same period.

NGOZI, Burundi — The hug between the two women looked like it would last forever. A spirited 85-year-old had embraced a younger woman she hadn’t seen for months, and she chanted a number of ...

A meeting of Burundian women aims to see how women's issues can be incorporated into an accord aimed at ending Burundi's civil war, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. Tuesday, June ...

When Burundi's Esperance Habionimana first started playing football, she started - like so many in Africa - playing with male teams. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP ...

Since 2005, Burundi has set quotas to ensure that the country’s three ethnic groups (Hutu, Tutsi and Twa), as well as women, are represented in its parliament, central government and municipal ...

A traditional greeting known as "akazehe," a melodic exchange between Burundian women, is at risk of fading away. Dailymotion. Burundi’s musical greeting akazehe tries to resist modernisation.

Burundi Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project aims to restore land productivity and increase community resilience in targeted, degraded landscapes. But in its early stages, its component on ...

There was a very simple reason for this, says the youngest player at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon). "I played football but never knew there were women's teams," the 15-year-old told ...

Since 2005, Burundi has set quotas to ensure that the country's three ethnic groups (Hutu, Tutsi and Twa), as well as women, are represented in its Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

NGOZI, Burundi — The hug between the two women looked like it would last forever. A spirited 85-year-old had embraced a younger woman she hadn't seen for months and she ...