Brief History of Burundi's Economy. Since independence in 1962 from Belgium, Burundi has been plagued by a cycle of civil wars. The country has witnessed five eruptions of civil wars which have ...

The President of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, officially inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric power station, on 24 June, in the presence of numerous representatives of national authorities and ...

By Thuku KariukiNestled in the verdant hills of Bururi province, the Jiji hydroelectric power station hums with promise, a monumental step toward Burundi’s quest for energy independence. When ...

The Jiji hydropower plant and the soon-to-be-completed Mulembwe facility will add 49.5MW of installed capacity to the Burundi ...

Burundi's economy is projected to expand 4.3 percent this year from 2.7 percent in 2023, helped by improved performance in the agriculture sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

"As far as the economy goes, Burundi still hasn't emerged from the 2015 crisis, because almost all indicators are in the red, even if we were starting to see a small improvement," said Gabriel ...

In early July, Burundi’s delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, or HRC, walked out of a meeting to review the country’s human rights landscape, in protest of the presence of ...

In October 2022, Burundi reopened its borders after seven years of closure. Evariste Ndayishimiye, the new president, is keen to break with the isolation enforced by his late predecessor Pierre ...

1. Burundi. HDI Ranking: 187. GDP Per Capita: $238. Composite Score: 1. In Burundi, economic conditions are fragile and vulnerable to external shocks.

Carbon Removal Economy: Positioning Burundi as a leader in the $15 trillion global carbon dioxide removal industry through biochar, negative emissions technologies, ...