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Parliamentarians Speak to the Diaspora in Europe
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 20, 2007
urundi parliamentarians held a conference under the auspices of AWEPA to encourage the Burundi Diaspora to participate in the countries development. The Parliamentary conference took place this Sunday, March 18th, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium. Burundians from France, Sweden, and Netherlands were present at the conference. The conference put in place... more
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High Unemployment Rate And Poverty, Study Finds
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 20, 2007
he governmental organization of Burundi ISTEBU (Institut des Statistiques et des Etudes Economiques du Burundi) released a report on unemployment rate in Burundi on March 15th, 2007. The report focused on the capital city of Bujumbura only stating a lack of research funding as the reason the research was not... more
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UN Agency Helps Congolese Massacre Survivors Resettle in US
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 20, 2007
he United Nations refugee agency has helped a first group of 35 Congolese who survived a massacre that killed 160 of their fellow countrymen in Burundi to start a new life in the United States, the vanguard of some 500 others who will head to US cities such as Denver,... more
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Cheap Guns Flood Borders
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 20, 2007
he trafficking in small arms along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders is thriving to the extent that the cost of an AK-47 assault rifle has dropped from 10 cows in 1986 to two cows ... more
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Massacre Survivors to Resettle in U.S.
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 19, 2007
he first group of ethnic Tutsi refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who survived the 2004 massacre in the transit border camp of Gatumba, have left Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, to resettle in the ... more
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Coutnry Woos Fish Investors
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 19, 2007
gandan fish processors and exporters have been invited to set up modern factories on the Lake Tanganyika shores in ... more
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EAC Needs Brand
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 19, 2007
ollowing the admission of Rwanda and Burundi into the East African Community (EAC), the East African Business Council (EABC) is now in advanced stages of admitting the two into its ... more
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Shortage of Antiretroviral Drugs
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 16, 2007
arlier this month, human rights and aids activists in Burundi such as the National Association to Support HIV-Positive People (ANSS) called on the government to respond quickly to the shortage of antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS infected Burundians, and on March 12th 2007 ITEKA, the human right organization in Burundi called... more
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Rebel Concerns Top Regional Meeting
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 16, 2007
he continued presence of marauding rebel groups within the region is top on the agenda of a 4-nation meeting in Kigali. Though commending the progress made in the implementation of previous resolutions, delegates attending the ongoing Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) yesterday expressed concern over the armed ... more
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Food Shortages Could Harm People On ARVs
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
IV-positive Burundians on antiretroviral (ARV) medication are concerned about the future of their drug regimens after flooding caused extensive damage to harvests, bringing widespread food ... more
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Young Detainees Suffer Abuse in Prison - Report
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
he criminal justice system in Burundi is insensitive to the special needs of young detainees who experience abuse in the penal system, a human rights watchdog has ... more
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BURUNDI: Court acquits ex-president over coup plot
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
urundi's Supreme Court has sentenced two people to jail terms ranging from 15 to 20 years and acquitted four others, including former President Domitien Ndayizeye, over charges of plotting a ... more
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BURUNDI: Relief aid reaches thousands displaced by floods
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
he Burundian government has begun distributing food to at least 9,000 people displaced by floods in the northwestern province of Bujumbura Rural. ... more
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BURUNDI: Floods threaten food security in Bujumbura Rural
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ome 17,000 people in western Burundi face food insecurity after floods swept away crops during the January harvest. ... more
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BURUNDI: Appeal for $132m humanitarian aid
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
nited Nations agencies and other humanitarian organisations in Burundi have appealed for US$132 million in humanitarian aid to assist vulnerable people this year. ... more
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BURUNDI: Help for 300,000 flood victims
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
bout 300,000 Burundians affected by floods since November 2006 are due to receive food from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and seeds from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a WFP official has said. ... more
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Children Behind Bars Suffer Abuse
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 15, 2007
hildren in Burundi who find themselves in conflict with the law face serious abuses in a criminal justice system that treats them as adults, Human Rights Watch said in a report released ... more
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Africa: What Internet Brings
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique writes: (Fr) “A book by Cameroonian Jacques Bonjawo, Internet, a Chance for Africa [ L’Internet, Une Chance Pour l’Afrique in French] talks about the benefits of new information and communication technologies for Africa. However, the Internet promotes extraversion... more
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Food Blog Report #27
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> #1: From Stockholm, Sweden : Clivia’s Cuisine and her marvelous Swiss chard dolmadas with rice and mushrooms! A gem of a recipe, and it looks delicious…
Last week I visited Rosendals trädgårdar at Djurgården in Stockholm and found a big bunch of Swiss... more
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Africa: Africans ahead of rest of the world
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Ethan offers four areas where Africa is leading the rest of the world .
... more
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