Burundi
The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
The report presented on 7 July 2011 by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on the state of progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows uneven improvement. While it highlights success in many areas, such as access to treatment to combat HIV/AIDS, it also states that the most vulnerable in society still do not have access to education or health care.
There...
1 July 2010 was an historic day for the five countries of the East African Community (EAC). The day when the government leaders of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya signed the protocol for the free movement of people, goods and services, to be followed, in 2012, by a single currency.
At the EAC offices in Arusha – not far from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda...
‘Mwalimu’, the national and international icon
Some say that Tanzania was the first inhabited African country, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of a robust Australopithecus in the Oldupai gorge, which cuts into the western slope of the Rift Valley on the Serengeti plain in the north of Tanzania
Today the country has over 120 ethnic groups. Although conflicts are...
Flanders: an NGO for Development: An awareness-raising model: the creation of a network
The numbers 11.11.11 are as well known in Belgium, and especially in Flanders, as a nursery rhyme. This is the name of the umbrella organisation for Flemish NGOs working for cooperation between North and South. When it was set up in 1966, 11.11.11 was an all-Belgian group, but the process of federalisation...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Is primary education for all within reach?
According to the United Nations’ 2010 Report, Millennium Development Goal No. 2 –ensuring primary education for all – is the one which has achieved the best results. Today, more than 88 per cent of children in the world receive schooling (compared to 81 per cent in 1990).
However, there is still a long way to go to ensure...
Saga beach, near Bujumbura www.sagaplage.com
Saga Nyanza, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, on the border with Tanzania
Resha, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika (60 km from Bujumbura)
The Rutana waterfalls
The thermal waters at Rumonge, which is not developed for tourism, but a beautiful place, with a very hot pool for men and a lower, cooler one for women (unwritten rule)...
Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo: a much-loved Minister of Culture
Culture is an important part of the Millennium Development Goals, and all the more so in Burundi, where for example "good values" are promoted through "peace songs", and culture has played a major role after all the horrors. This is what the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo, declared...
For a country with only one large city, Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital of 400,000 citizens is bubbling over with cultural activity. The Drummers of Burundi have paraded through the major auditoriums of the world, but in their wake is a whole host of stars who stoke the fires of a pulsating cultural life. Inspite of the lack of resources and venues, the city has a huge variety of arts...
The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
The report presented on 7 July 2011 by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on the state of progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows uneven improvement. While it highlights success in many areas, such as access to treatment to combat HIV/AIDS, it also states that the most vulnerable in society still do not have access to education or health care.
There...
1 July 2010 was an historic day for the five countries of the East African Community (EAC). The day when the government leaders of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya signed the protocol for the free movement of people, goods and services, to be followed, in 2012, by a single currency.
At the EAC offices in Arusha – not far from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda...
‘Mwalimu’, the national and international icon
Some say that Tanzania was the first inhabited African country, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of a robust Australopithecus in the Oldupai gorge, which cuts into the western slope of the Rift Valley on the Serengeti plain in the north of Tanzania
Today the country has over 120 ethnic groups. Although conflicts are...
Flanders: an NGO for Development: An awareness-raising model: the creation of a network
The numbers 11.11.11 are as well known in Belgium, and especially in Flanders, as a nursery rhyme. This is the name of the umbrella organisation for Flemish NGOs working for cooperation between North and South. When it was set up in 1966, 11.11.11 was an all-Belgian group, but the process of federalisation...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Is primary education for all within reach?
According to the United Nations’ 2010 Report, Millennium Development Goal No. 2 –ensuring primary education for all – is the one which has achieved the best results. Today, more than 88 per cent of children in the world receive schooling (compared to 81 per cent in 1990).
However, there is still a long way to go to ensure...
Saga beach, near Bujumbura www.sagaplage.com
Saga Nyanza, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, on the border with Tanzania
Resha, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika (60 km from Bujumbura)
The Rutana waterfalls
The thermal waters at Rumonge, which is not developed for tourism, but a beautiful place, with a very hot pool for men and a lower, cooler one for women (unwritten rule)...
Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo: a much-loved Minister of Culture
Culture is an important part of the Millennium Development Goals, and all the more so in Burundi, where for example "good values" are promoted through "peace songs", and culture has played a major role after all the horrors. This is what the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo, declared...
For a country with only one large city, Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital of 400,000 citizens is bubbling over with cultural activity. The Drummers of Burundi have paraded through the major auditoriums of the world, but in their wake is a whole host of stars who stoke the fires of a pulsating cultural life. Inspite of the lack of resources and venues, the city has a huge variety of arts...
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