On a quest to right some wrongs about a poor African country, a traveller discovered that despite Burundi being one of the ...

Burundi faces serious climate and environmental challenges. The biggest is the country's overdependence on the use of biomass (firewood). The second is outdated agricultural practices that have led to ...

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Let's take a closer look at these poorest countries in the world and examine the underlying causes contributing to their economic challenges. Burundi, a small landlocked country in East Africa ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict ...

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

Costly diesel prices remain a concern across Africa, with several countries experiencing high fuel costs due to import ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

In 1996 the IMF and the World Bank launched an initiative aimed at reducing the debt burden for some 41 heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), whose total debts amount to about 10% of the Third World ...