Burundi Travel News

The influential European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, is reported to have been "shocked" by the rushed move of the Burundian parliament to criminalise same-sex relations.

Bujumbura - The European Union condemned on Monday the arrest of opposition leaders and activists in Burundi and warned the central African country that such action violates the terms of EU aid to Bujumbura.

The new minister of defence, Charles Nqakula, has been reappointed by President Kgalema Motlanthe as a facilitator in the Burundi peace process, which is again threatened by a return to armed conflict.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Friday met He Yong, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, according to reports from Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.

Published: Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 2:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6:10 p.m. Traveling to Burundi was more than a lesson in humanitarianism for Wayne Peterson.

It's 7am on Sunday morning but already hundreds of bright bodies -- a stirred up rainbow beehive -- are sprinkled across the brown sand beaches of Bujumbura.

Norway is increasing its budget support to Burundi by NOK 40 million. This means that Norway's total support to the country for 2008 will amount to NOK 100 million.

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