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Poverty Strategy to Focus On Food Production
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 24, 2007
urundi is to boost food production, private sector growth, education, health and energy availability as part of a four-year poverty reduction strategy, President Pierre Nkurunziza ... more
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Arbour Calls for Stronger Judiciary to Build Democracy
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 24, 2007
urundi has made some progress towards democracy but it needed to strengthen the judiciary to ensure justice, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ... more
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More Peacekeeping Troops for Country
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
ROOPS from Burundi and Nigeria will soon join the UPDF on a peace-keeping mission in Somalia, MPs heard yesterday. Without stating figures, the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, told the parliamentary committee on defence that Burundi would deploy in a few weeks' ... more
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Human Rights Watch Calls for End to Impunity
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
onors meeting May 24-25 with the Burundian government should provide support for justice reform, but also urge the government to end impunity for serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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Donors Should Press for End to Impunity
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
onors meeting May 24-25 with the Burundian government should provide support for justice reform, but also urge the government to end impunity for serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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Burundi: Donors Should Press for End to Impunity
Human Rights Watch - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Financial Support Needed for Reforms in Justice and Healthcare
Donors meeting May 24-25 with the Burundian government should provide support for justice reform, but also urge the government to end impunity for serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. ... more
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UN Chief Says Country Faces Challenges Despite Progress
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 21, 2007
lthough the Burundian Government has made positive steps to consolidate peace, the small Central African nation still faces considerable obstacles, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned in a new report made discussed by the Security Council ... more
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Are We Ready for Referendum On E.A. Political Federation?
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 21, 2007
onsultations on the fast tracking of the East African political federation were launched simultaneously in Dar-es-salaam, Kampala and Nairobi on October 15, 2006, amidst fanfare and optimism that was helped by immense media coverage. The consultations would take six months after which reports from each of the three countries would... more
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Draft Treaties to Admit Rwanda, Burundi to EAC
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 21, 2007
he East African Community (EAC) is ready to formally admit its newest members into the EAC fold following the conclusion of high level ministerial negotiations on the draft treaties of accession of the two ... more
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Burundian Refugees Resettlement
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 18, 2007
ome 8,500 Burundian refugees who fled their country in 1972 are to be resettled in the United States this year and the first batch of 88 flew from Kibondo Camp in western Tanzania this morning to the Kenyan capital Nairobi en route to their new US ... more
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UN Starts Helping Refugees Resettle in U.S.
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 18, 2007
ith the assistance of the United Nations refugee agency, the first group of some 8,500 Burundians to be resettled in the United States today left a refugee camp in Tanzania, where they had taken refuge after fleeing mass violence 35 years ... more
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Burundi: French Man Mistaken for a Cannibal
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 17, 2007
p> Bien Au Bout… shares the strange story of children who fled their schools en masse fearing they might be eaten [Fr] by a white man seen wandering in the forests outside their villages. Local rumor had it that Patrice Faye, a French naturalist and collector... more
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Armed Banditry, Sexual Violence Increasing, Says Watchdog
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 16, 2007
uman rights violations, including executions by armed bandits and sexual violence against women and children, have continued in Burundi despite an improvement in the political landscape, a national watchdog has ... more
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Burundi Urged to Arrest Genocide Suspects
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
he Governor of Western Province; Penelope Kantarama has appealed to Burundian authorities and the general public to help apprehend Rwanda Genocide suspects who crossed to their country after committing the atrocities in ... more
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Decision 'hurts Peace in Burundi'
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
eteran Burundi negotiator Jan van Eck said Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula's decision to cut him out of negotiations with Burundi's rebel FNL group could hurt the peace process in the ... more
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Arrest Greeted With Relief But Fails to Solve Problems
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 10, 2007
he arrest of the chairman of the ruling 'National Council for the Defence of Democracy - Forces for the Defence of Democracy' (CNDD-FDD), Hussein Rajabu on April 27 is not likely to solve many problems in Burundi, even if his neutralization is seen with relief in the opposition and presidential... more
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Burundi Clubs Arrive for Regional Tournament in Nairobi
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
urundi's Muzinga and New Colombes were the first clubs to arrive for the East and Central Africa volleyball club championship which gets underway today at the Moi International Sports Centre in ... more
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Government Denies Rights Violations
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
anzanian authorities have denied accusations by a human rights agency that their expulsion of refugees and immigrants from neighbouring countries amounts to a violation of human ... more
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Arbitrary Ejection of Refugees Upsets Rights Group
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 08, 2007
global human rights watchdog today accused Tanzania of violating international law by expelling people of Rwandan and Burundian ... more
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Human Rights Watch Writes President Kikwete Over Expulsion of Refugees
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 08, 2007
President Jakaya Mrisho ... more
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