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: Food security threat as banana blight looms
IRIN
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Food security in Burundi is under threat due to fears that an incurable banana disease, which has already been reported in several neighbouring countries, could sweep across the nation, an official of an agricultural research institute has
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: EU asks Bujumbura to probe corrupt officials
IRIN
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The European Union, a major donor to Burundi, has asked the government to investigate claims of corruption and forgery in a EU-funded programme that was set up in 2001 to rehabilitate infrastructure in the country that is emerging from 12 years of civil
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: Refugee agency begins 'promoted' repatriation
IRIN
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has started what it commonly calls a process of 'promoted repatriation,' this time of Burundian refugees from camps in western
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: Gov't reallocates hunger funds
IRIN
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The Burundian government has decided to use US $10 million initially intended to contain food shortages in northern and eastern provinces to fund other needy sectors, a government official said on
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Burundi: Alleged Coup Plotters Tortured
Human Rights Watch
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The government of Burundi must ensure that individuals who were arrested this week in connection with an alleged coup plot are not tortured by agents of the National Information Service, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Econet acquires stake in SA cellular firm
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Econet acquires stake in SA cellular firmBusiness ReporterECONET Wireless has acquired a controlling interest in ST Cellular South Africa, formerly Spacetel Burundi, one of the four licensed operators in Burundi. The group has embarked on a
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Church Sets Up Three-Year Plan to Build Peace
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The National Council of Churches Burundi (CNEB) has drawn up a three-year action plan to consolidate peace and national reconciliation. The plan focuses on food security, civic education and citizenship, gender, family and
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Burundi: Police Hold Journalists Hostage At Parliamentarian's Home After Ruling Party Quarrel [press release]
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The action of the Bujumbura police in holding around 20 journalists hostage at the home of parliamentarian Mathias Basabose for more than seven hours on 17 April 2006 was 'absurd and astounding,' said Reporters Without Borders. The reporters had
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Police Attack Journalists at Ousted Politician?s News Conference [press release]
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Police in Burundi attacked journalists on Monday who refused to hand over recordings of a news conference at the home of an ousted ruling party politician. Journalists said police surrounded the Bujumbura house of Mathias Basabose and prevented
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Police Attack Journalists At Ousted Politician's News Conference [press release]
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Police in Burundi attacked journalists on Monday who refused to hand over recordings of a news conference at the home of an ousted ruling party politician. Journalists said police surrounded the Bujumbura house of Mathias Basabose and prevented
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'I've two sick relatives: Burundi and the church'
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Extract not
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Burundi reporter jailed for inciting 'rebellion'
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
A journalist with Burundi's state-run news agency known for his critical reports about the government has been jailed for allegedly inciting rebellion, an official said on Thursday.Aloys Kabura, a reporter with Agence Burundaise de Presse, was
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UNHCR in Burundi (as of 1 Jun 2006) (80k)
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
UNHCR in (as of 1 Jun 2006) this section entire site UNHCR in (as of 1 Jun 2006) Date: 01 Jun 2006 Source: Type: Complex Emergency Keyword(s): Internally Displaced Refugees Format: PDF *, 80k With the exception of public UN
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Burundi's place for peace
The Christian Science Monitor
- Monday, August 14, 2006
The Kamenge Youth Center is a place where friendship and trust sprout between Hutu and Tutsi youths.
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X Axis: Happiness, Y Axis: Acceptance of Evolution ? [Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog]
ScienceBlogs
- Monday, August 14, 2006
John over at Stranger Fruit has posted an infogram from Science, which ranks 34 countries acceptance of evolution. I have hijacked it below:
John notes that only Turkey has beaten us in evolutionary ignornace. But I immediately was struck by how similar this
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British American Tobacco Rwanda to restructure
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
RWANDA British American Tobacco Rwanda to restructure Posted Mon, 03 Apr 2006 Kigali - British American Tobacco Rwanda has said it will become a centre of distribution and marketing excellence in the Rwanda-Burundi
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BAT Rwanda Now Cedes Cigarette Making to Kenya
Moreover
- Monday, August 14, 2006
British American Tobacco Rwanda, previously known as Tabarwanda, announced an operational restructuring last week, in which the company has become a centre of distribution and marketing excellence for the Rwanda-Burundi area.
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African Nation Swipes Photographer's Image?
Gadling
- Monday, August 14, 2006
Filed under: Cultures , History , Learning , Business , Events , Media , Photos , Africa , Burundi This came in through email recently and I
confess I am totally intrigued. Photographer Kelly Fajack
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BURUNDI: Gov't, UN form cooperation committee
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Burundian government and the United Nations have set up a joint committee to spearhead efforts to strengthen mutual cooperation in order to consolidate peace and security as well as undertake post-conflict reconstruction, a UN official said on
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BURUNDI: Floods displace 5,000 in south
IRIN
- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Rain-induced floods in Burundi's southern province of Bururi have rendered at least 5,000 people homeless, Governor Véronique Nizigama said on
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