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Buja parties - Bujumbura, Bujumbura, Burundi
... was ready to take us to a special Christmas bazaar. There were really nice things but made in Congo, nothing from Burundi, I did buy ear rings. On Sunday we had an unexpected visitor in the family room, a bat. They are nasty creatures with very ... Comment?
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People of Burundi will choose their leader
Bujumbura - Burundi voters will directly elect the country's president at the second post-war election to be held in June next year, the electoral commission announced on Tuesday. Comment?
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Behave or We Will Come Down Hard
... Malay Mail's exclusive report last Thursday on an attempt by a local company to export some 30,000 assault rifles to Burundi, worth more than RM200 million. We had reported that the local company, fronted by retired and ex-military personnel, had ... Comment?
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Burundi: Econet Burundi Targets 0.8 Million Clients
Burundi mobile operator Econet Wireless now targets to increase its clientele from the current 80,000 to 800,000 following the launching of the a new rechargeable solar handset. Comment?
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Bujumbura - Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on the Burundi government to reverse a law criminalising homosexuality, saying it risks worsening the harsh treatment of gays and lesbians. Comment?
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ugandans in Illegal Gold Trade
... the UN Security Council, FDLR gold networks are tightly intertwined with trading networks operating within Uganda, Burundi and the United Arab Emirates. The report cites Ugandan businessman Roy Joseph Ziwa, who used to own DAS Air and DAS Handling ... Comment?
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Miracle cures from Buja - Bujumbura, Bujumbura, Burundi
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... a new experience for most nurses and they are getting really good at it. The wonderful ways of healing according to Burundi traditions: Throwing a knife and trying to cut the part of the body connected to the electricity are methods to "save" ... Comment?
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Church to hold fundraiser for Burundi trip
A rummage sale scheduled for today at a midtown church will raise funds for a medical mission to Burundi. Comment?
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... constitutional democracy and the rule of la w . Nkurunziza hails Equatorial Guinea's 'democratic' experience Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza has hailed the a?democratica? election in Equatorial Guinea that returned President Theodoro Obiang ... Comment?
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KUALA LUMPUR: An attempt by a local company to export some 30,000 assault rifles to Burundi, worth more than RM200 million, nearly caused Malaysia to be censured by the United Nations Security Council, if not for the prompt action by Malaysian officials at the UN body. Comment?
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Facing funding shortfall, Burundi's election needs international support - UN
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Youssef Mahmoud, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi briefs the Security Council The Security Council today called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack of funding was ... Comment?
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Brussel Airpines Joins Star Alliance
... four destinations in Africa which are presentlynot being served by other Star Alliance member carrier: Bujumbura, Burundi; Conakry, Guinea; Kigali, Ruanda and Monrovia, Liberia. Eleven Star Alliance member carriers serve 81 destinations in 40 ... Comment?
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Burundi: UN Calls for Aid for Election
The Security Council today called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack of funding was challenging the "significant advances" already made after decades of ethnic and factional war. Comment?
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Facing funding shortfall, Burundi's election needs international support - " UN
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Youssef Mahmoud, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi briefs the Security Council 10 December 2009 – The Security Council today called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack ... Comment?
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Trapped by fighting in remote eastern Congo
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... here. God willing, someone that reads this can help. World Emergency Relief UK (WER) has been working with ARM Burundi and Pastor Ruben for 14 years. During this time hundreds of children have been rescued from refugee camps, conflicts and from ... Comment?
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PM receives special envoy from Burundi; bearer of sealed message from President Pierre Nku-Run-Ziza / MINADT officials review Cameroon's development strategy paper 1. PM receives special envoy from Burundi; bearer of sealed message from President Pierre Nku-Run-Ziza Prime Minister and Head of Government Philemon yang has received in audience a ... Comment?
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... temperatures that cou l d bring more heat, expanding deserts, floods and rising sea levels. 07/12/2009 Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least 35,000 hectares of forests were destroyed i n the past last 15 years of civil war in Burundi, resulting in ... Comment?
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Belgian professor and Africa expert speaks on situation in DRC and Rwanda
... mass killings of Rwandan Tutsis in the aftermath of the aerial assassinations of the Hutu presidents of Rwanda and Burundi by Kagame's forces on April 6, 1994. Eventually, Kagame became such a regional military threat by 2001 that his old ally, ... 1 comment
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Who are Somalia's al Shabaab rebels?
... Saleh Nabhan, a most wanted al Qaeda militant. -- Al Shabaab has threatened to strike Uganda's capital Kampala and Burundi's capital Bujumbura because both nations contributed troops to the 5,200-strong AU peacekeeping force AMISOM. World Democrats ... Comment?
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Rebels led by Rwandan Hutus dominating Congo battle, UN warns
... of six countries. Currently, rebels control lucrative tin mines, and are also funnelling gold through Uganda and Burundi, according to the UN investigation. "The (UN experts') report . . . shows the huge diaspora networks that assist in money ... Comment?
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