Burundi News

Sometimes good things come out of extremely dark episodes. ActionAid is celebrating today as the amazing Maggy Barankitse has been announced as the winner of The Guardian's first ever Achievement in International Development Award.

When he fled his native Somalia for Uganda 18 months ago, Ali Yasin thought he had escaped the death threats for good.

Next year's elections in Burundi, billed as a milestone on the country's long road to sustainable peace, could trigger more conflict because of a combination of widespread illegal weapons and well-organized youth wings of political parties, according to analysts.

The Holy See Press Office released the following communique yesterday evening. "This evening in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Pierre Nkurunziza, president of the Republic of Burundi.

Covered bodies are laid out as Tutsi refugees from Congo, who survived a massacre by Hutu extremists at the U.N.-run camp in Gatumba, Burundi, began the grim task Sunday Aug.

BUGARAMA, A CARE empowerment project in Burundi is training women in dispute resolution, savings and credit schemes, and putting a stop to sexual violence.

The group refugee status of tens of thousands of Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide could be lifted by the end of 2011, according to UN and Rwandan officials.

Kenya said on Thursday that countries from the Great Lakes Region with their small economies and small populations will continue to experience under-development unless they are integrated into a larger regional market.

SECURITY is investigating reports that a number of Al Shabaab Islamists have entered the country following their threat to strike Kampala and Bujumbura last month.

Central African countries will open a branch of traditional language research in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, according to an official statement released here on Friday.

STAUNTON - Whether you have a trip planned to another country and want to speak the language or just wish you had paid more attention in your high school language class, Michele Edwards has the solution for you.

The Director-General of the Arab Bank for Economic Deve lopment in Africa , Mr. Abdelaziz Khelef, was due in Bujumbura Wednesday to attend the Great Lakes S ummit being hosted by Burundi 4-5 Nov.

BUJUMBURA, 4 November 2009 - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign.

Rape and defilement have been documented as the most common violations against women in the East Africa and Great Lakes Region, a scenario that women activists fear could retard development in the region.

The leader of Somalia's breakaway self-declared state of Somaliland yesterday called for war against the hardline Shebaab rebels as the region marked one year since deadly suicide attacks.

Burundi collected nearly 14,000 weapons last week in a nationwide campaign to disarm the civilian population and ensure elections next year will be peaceful, officials said.

Witnesses say the militants called for the men in the town in a meeting on Friday afternoon and told the hairdressers not cut a beard from men in Merca.

BUJUMBURA, 28 October 2009 - Following two reported cases of polio in Burundi's northwestern province of Cibitoke, the Health Ministry and UN World Health Organization have begun a three-day immunization campaign, targeting at least 1.5 million children under five, officials said.

Maintaining a competent military organization is a challenge for wealthy nations, even in times of relative peace.

Burundi and Uganda have beefed up security and are closely monitoring Somalis living in their countries after hardline rebel group al Shabaab threatened to attack the east African countries' capitals.