“People risk their lives trying to cross the river, sometimes with small kids. It is heartbreaking to see,” said Niragira ...

In Burundi, the European Fan Palm, an important tree species in citizens’ lives, has lost an essential part of its life cycle ...

Rwanda has launched an awareness campaign aimed at improving the quality of locally produced food products.Runnin ...

Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye tells the BBC he has seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda plans to attack his ...

Clarice Kacindi lost her three-year-old child while crossing the Rusizi 10 days ago. "One of my children was lying on the raft in front of me while I held three others beside me. We had many other ...

Christened as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda is known for its hilly terrain. This mountainous terrain coupled with the ...

The EAC4Nature Project, titled “Support to Management of Nature-Based Solutions with the East African Community”, is set to ...

So desperate are they to find safety that some have even crossed the Rusizi river in makeshift vessels or swum to reach Burundi, despite the dangerous journey killing many people including a three ...

They are among nearly 70,000 people who have sought refuge here over ... Image caption, Those crossing the Rusizi sometimes make multiple trips to bring goods over the border Mr Bita's luggage ...

"People fell, including a friend shot dead right behind me ... But she pushed on, trekking three days and taking a boat ...