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Burundi: Suspect in Muyinga Killings Must Be Returned to Face Justice
Human Rights Watch - Monday, February 04, 2008
Burundi should formally request that Tanzania extradite Col. Vital Bangirinama to ensure he comes home to face justice over the 2006 Muyinga massacre, Human Rights Watch said today. Burundi must also ensure that Bangirinama, a Burundian military officer accused of involvement in the summary execution of at least 31 civilians... more
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Bokota, Kase Axed From Amavubi Camp
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 04, 2008
abama Bokota Kamana and Kalisa Kase have been axed from the national team's training camp in preparations for next week's international friendly with ... more
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National Council Calls On Govt to Pay More Attention to Security Issues
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 04, 2008
he national council of Bashingantahe (notables) has called on the government of Burundi to pay more attention to security issues. Ambassador Balthazar Habonimana, the assistant of the chairman of this council, says that the authorities of Burundi seem to take pleasure in the insecurity that the population is facing." The... more
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Half of the National Budget Embezzled Within Two Years
allAfrica.com - Saturday, February 02, 2008
he Observatory for the Fight against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement, OLUCOME, issued a report today which states that more than 200 billion francs disappeared from the state's finances from 2006 to ... more
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Govt, Palipehutu-FNL Agree to Halt Their Respective Hunts
allAfrica.com - Saturday, February 02, 2008
op government security authorities recently met with PALIPEHUTU-FNL delegates in Dar es ... more
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Many Wounded in a Stampede
allAfrica.com - Saturday, February 02, 2008
any people were wounded today in a stampede in Kayogoro commune of Makamba province. Traders in Kayogoro commune were on strike after the local administration decided to up the taxes on food commodities. The police, in their attempt to clear up the road which protesters had blocked, shot in the... more
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Police Seize Various Weapons in the North of Bujumbura City
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 01, 2008
he police seized various weapons and military supplies in a cordon-search operation in Mutakura commune on Wednesday. The items the police seized include a rifle, a handmade pistol, boxes of bullets, military uniforms and camping bags. The police also arrested people suspected of being FNL ... more
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Antoinette Batumubwira Withdraws Her Candidacy for the Presidency of the African Union
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 01, 2008
he government of Burundi has withdrawn the candidacy of the current minister of foreign affairs, Mrs Antoinette Batumubwira, for the post of the presidency of the African Union Commission. The ministry of communication publicized this decision of the government through a press release issued ... more
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The City of Bujumbura Gets a New Mayor
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 01, 2008
oday the senate approved the lawyer Evrard Kiswaswa as the mayor of the city of Bujumbura. He replaces Elias Buregure who was appointed Vice-minister in charge of the Equipment and Public Works in the last cabinet ... more
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FNL Has to Come Home for Talks, Insists Joachim Chissano
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 01, 2008
ormer Mozambican president Joachim Chissano has once again called on PALIPEHUTU-FNL leaders to come to their homeland for talks. He reiterated this call today before his departure to ... more
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Ngabo Léonce Could Be the Mayor of Bujumbura
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
he national senate is actively working to endorse the candidacy of Léonce Ngabo as the mayor of the city of Bujumbura. A plenary session that was due to start this morning in the senate did not take place. This plenary was slated for this afternoon as different political groups remained... more
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Ministers And Provincial Governors Receive Leadership Training
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
he International Leadership Foundation began a training program today to teach cabinet ministers and governors of province to better work for the benefit of the population. The theme of this training program is â-šThe transformation of the Leadership towards the Revival of Burundi." In his opening address opening this three-day... more
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Amisom Troops Settle a New Base in Mogadishu
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
ome heavily Burundian troops have based at the former national university building in Madina neighborhood in Mogadishu on Thursday spokesman ... more
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Former Mozambique President Calls on FNL to Resume Talks
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
he former Mozambican president, Joachim Chissano, called on PALIPEHUTU-FNL to resume talks with the government of Burundi after meeting with the President of the Republic of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. President Chissano said that he came to Burundi with a message of peace and made it clear that he is not... more
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Lt General Niyoyankana Rejects Col Bangirinama's Accusations On Muyinga Massacres
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
he defence minister, Lt. General Germain Niyoyankana, rejected all allegations against him levelled by Col. Vital Bangirinama in a memorandum he circulated before he fled the country. In the army, orders are not swallowed. After each order, there is room for questions," Lt Gnl Niyoyankana said in a press conference... more
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Hon. Alice Nzomukunda Strives to Stay in Politics
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
on. Alice Nzomukunda is fighting hard to remain in politics after CNDD-FDD dismissed her from the party for reasons that have never been fully ... more
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Country to Seek the Aide of the Region in Catching Col. Bangirinama
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
he chief of the Burundian National Police, Fabien Ndayishimiye, says that he will ask all the nations in East Africa to assist in apprehending Col. Vital ... more
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Rebels Accept South African Mediator
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
ALIPHUTU-FNL has accepted the South African security minister, Charles Nqakula, as facilitator in Burundi's peace process after a six-month ... more
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Dar Leases Kigoma Lake Port
allAfrica.com - Monday, January 28, 2008
he Tanzania government has leased the Kigoma port on Lake Tanganyika to a Burundian firm -Muapi Operators - to run for five ... more
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Rebel Group Finally Rejoins Peace Process
allAfrica.com - Monday, January 28, 2008
urundi's last major rebel group, the Palipehutu-FNL, has agreed to rejoin the peace process, ending months of stand-off that risked returning the country to ... more
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