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Mireille Kanyange

Mireille Kanyange

mika.kanyange@gmail.com

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in autumn of 2022 as a journalist and reporter of Radio Isanganiro in Burundi.

All articles of Mireille Kanyange

Fisheries

Dying out

As fish catches in Burundi dwindle, fishers face hard times

Sex education

Keeping girls in school

Burundi is bringing into schools a traditional method of sex-education counseling for teenagers, with good early results

Elections

Protected by God

Burundi has held elections – without much consideration of the corona pandemic

Burundi-China cooperation

A beautiful friendship

China’s influence in Burundi has grown, while that of the EU has diminished

Marginalisation

No place for the Twa

Burundi’s smallest ethnic group fights for a voice

Elections

Nkurunziza rules out running again

Burundi will hold presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections in 2020

Water

Burundi’s water sources are drying up

Burundi is struggling with various measures to stop the disappearance of its water sources

Governance

Burundi is moving its capital

Criticism of the government’s move to Gitega

Burundi

Overpopulated prisons

More than half of those detained in Burundi’s prisons are on remand

Environment

Burundi bans plastic bags

Boom of biodegradable materials expected in Burundi after plastic is banned

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