Tag Archives: Burundi

Burundi signs new BASA with Qatar

22 May 2013

The Burundi government has now formally signed a new air service agreement with Qatar, allowing the two national airlines to fly up to seven times a week between Doha and ...

EALA urges leaders to assent to One Stop Border Posts Bill

22 May 2013

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MPs have appealed to regional heads of state to urgently assent to the long-awaited One Stop Border Posts Bill that was passed last year ...

Yanga face Express in CECAFA

22 May 2013

CECAFA Kagame Cup champions Young Africans are set to open their title defence campaign against Express of Uganda in a group C match slated for June 20 in Al Fasher, ...

Rwanda Govt buoyant on regional markets

22 May 2013

An Ethiopian Airlines plane prepares to load cargo at Kigali International Airport a few weeks ago. Exporters have been urged to increase output to satisfy regional markets. The New Times / John Mbanda

The government is optimistic the markets secured in the region will be sustained. This follows efforts to boost production capacity of local exporters, an initiative that will reduce the country’s ...

Regional military drills kick off in Uganda

21 May 2013

Uganda's Defence minister Crispus Kiyonga

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Field Training Exercise (FTX) dubbed “Mashariki Salam 2013” officaly kicked off at the weekend in Jinja, eastern Uganda, with more than 1,200 military personnel, ...

Ten teams to compete in Gisembe Memorial tourney

18 May 2013

Espoir will be hoping to add the Gisembe Memorial Cup to the league and playoffs titles. Saturday Times / Courtesy.

Organisers Espoir Basketball Club have confirmed that ten teams will compete in this year’s Gisembe Memorial tournament, which is scheduled for the weekend of June 6-7. The 10 teams include ...

Uganda hosts regional forces

16 May 2013

Uganda is hosting Eastern Africa standby Force training exercise for rapid intervention, peace and sability at Gadaffi Garrison in Jinja. A total of 1292 troops and civilians from ten different ...

Harambee Stars home-based players set to begin training next week

15 May 2013

Harambee Stars home-based players will resume training next week in preparation for their up-coming World Cup qualifier against Nigeria at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. The team had not trained ...

Kapuya aims jibe at Yanga

13 May 2013

With four days remaining before archrivals Simba and Young Africans clash in a mere formality league match, the hype is seemingly rising to frenetic levels after former sports minister Prof ...

Rwanda, Burundi power project gets financial boost

13 May 2013

When completed in three years, the transmission line will cover 62 kilometres in Rwanda and 81 kilometres into Burundi The New Times

The construction of power interconnector between Rwanda and Burundi could soon commence after the two countries acquired a major financial boost from the European Union. The project is under the ...