Desire Nimubona is a Burundi-born and based journalist with more than 17 years of experience in international press. His coverage interests are business, insurgency, humanitarian, environment, conservation, and climate justice. Desire Nimubona holds a master's in journalism and other training certificates from various countries. He is the father of three and is a motivational speaker sometimes. He speaks English, French, Kiswahili, and Kirundi. He is also involved in research on the African continent.
Latest posts by Desire Nimubona
The impact of China's fishing policies on West Africa
Climate pressure and overfishing have reduced domestic fish output in China, forcing Chinese fishing vessels into overseas waters. Fishermen in West Africa are paying the price.
China helped Cameroon build drinking water infrastructure. Is it a debt crisis or developmental aid?
Cameroon has built up it's clean water infrastructure thanks to access to Chinese loans. However, what are the long-term consequences of the resulting debt?
The complex role China plays in Africa's energy transition
China's investment in the clean energy sector in East African countries has simultaneously offered thousands access to electricity, while also creating opportunities for exploitation within the market.
Is China partly responsible for the destruction of Africa's Miombo woodlands?
China is the world's largest importer of timber. How has it affected the forest and timber industry in Africa?
Burundi’s troubled history of the untold 1972 Hutu genocide
The revelations through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission have brought to light more than 4,700 mass graves, laying bare the profound magnitude of the atrocities that transpired during 1972 in Burundi.
