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Sep
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Burundian journalist briefly held while investigating blasts – official

Burundian journalist briefly held while investigating blasts – official

MEDIA FREEDOM
BURUNDI on Friday briefly detained a journalist investigating a grenade attack in the commercial capital Bujumbura, his radio station and an official said, after a series of explosions this week that killed at least five people. Radio Bonesha FM said their reporter was arrested while investigating a grenade incident that was said to have killed two people on Thursday. "Radio Bonesha FM journalist arrested on Friday morning by the police has just been released. Aimé Richard Niyonkuru is still waiting for his recorder. He spent many hours at the Special Research Office under the hot sun," the station wrote on…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Bujumbura tops Africa’s fastest growing cities

Bujumbura tops Africa’s fastest growing cities

AFRICITIES
SETH ONYANGO FORMER Burundi capital, Bujumbura is the fastest growing city in Africa, catalysed by rapid urbanisation, population growth and employment opportunities. Consumer and market data portal, Statista projects its population to grow 123 per cent to reach 2.3 million people in 2035. It comes on the back of expanding democratic space under President Evariste Ndayishimiye who took over the reins of the landlocked state in the Great Rift Valley in May 2020. Bujumbura currently has a population of slightly over one million, expected to more than double in the next 14 years. Zinder, Niger, is Africa's second-fastest-growing city. With…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Two killed in grenade blasts in Burundi

Two killed in grenade blasts in Burundi

NEWS
UNKNOWN assailants set off four grenades in Burundi's capital Bujumbura yesterday, killing two people and wounding several others, police said. One victim died instantly when the grenades went off in three different places as dusk fell, while one assailant was arrested after being wounded by his own grenade. They were the first such explosions in the city since President Evariste Ndayishimiye took office last June, though eight people were killed on May 9 in Muramvya province, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) away when unknown gunmen ambushed several cars. Ndayishimiye, who took office on his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza's death, has carried…
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