Bujumbura, Democratic Republic of the Congo News

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza Wednesday commi ssioned a new bridge over the Lucheringo river, linking the districts of Muembe a nd Sanga in the northern province of Niassa.

Women displaced by clashes around Kabezi, near Bujumbura. A rights group says up to 400 people were killed in the first half of this year BUJUMBURA, 23 July 2008 - At least 400 people were killed in the first ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Tuesday the entry into force of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region after its ratification by eight African countries.

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Many people use summer as a time of travel and new experience. RETURN TO BURUNDI: John McKendy will take part in a workcamp in Burundi next week after doing similar work there last year.

The return from exile of a key rebel leader is a significant development in Burundi's search for peace, but his group and the government need to quickly overcome mutual suspicions and make compromises, ...

“It is my hope that implementation of the project to conserve the environment around the lake would enhance job opportunities”

Countries around Lake Tanganyika intend to raise nearly Sh14 billion to initiate a programme to protect the sustainability of the lake. via AllAfrica.com

“Hectares of yams and cassava are completely lost.”

BUJUMBURA, 30 April 2008 - Some 5,000 people whose homes were destroyed a week ago after heavy rains in northwestern Burundi urgently need shelter and food aid, local officials said. via IRIN News

“We deplore the death of four soldiers. On the rebel side, 10 of them were killed, and ... five guns seized.”

Rebels from Burundi's last active guerrilla group fired mortar bombs at government positions in clashes that killed 10 rebels and four soldiers, an army spokesman said on Friday. via AlertNet

“We are in the process of reforming the fiscal code to make investment in financial sector appealing”

Burundi is in the process of changing its investment code to make doing busy easy and for foreign investors. via AllAfrica.com

“I felt a very strong shock shake my house. The walls shook really hard”

The quake struck at 0735GMT some 20km north of the DR Congo town of Bukavu. Across the border to the east, Radio Rwanda said 10 people were killed "straight away when a church collapsed" in the Rusizi district ... via Gulf Times

The Tanzania government has leased the Kigoma port on Lake Tanganyika to a Burundian firm -Muapi Operators - to run for five years. via AllAfrica.com

Location: Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo; area is slightly smaller than Maryland; 17 provinces. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Faced with threats of unwarranted taxes and harassment by an armed rebel group in Burundi, United Nations humanitarian officials are seeking better access to the province around Bujumbura, capital of the small ... via AllAfrica.com

“Over 2 million turn up for Mugabe march”

Wade visits Burundi, Benin en route from Zimbabwe Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade made brief stopovers late Thursday in Bujumbura and Cotonou where he held closed-door discussions with his respective ... via Panapress

Moroccan communication minister, Khalid Nacir, declared Thursday that the date of the third round of negotiations with the Polisario Front on Western Sahara had not yet been fixed. via Panapress

“This is a message to the government so that it thinks about freeing hundreds of our prisoners who are suffering in different jails”

Rebels belonging to Burundi's last active guerrilla group are holding two police officers they want exchanged for their fighters detained in prisons across the country, a rebel spokesperson said on Friday. via Independent Online

“We will not just sit and make an assessment and say that they are FNL combatants without testing”

BURUNDI: Villagers flee as rebel fighters attack splinter group's position Fighters of Burundi's last active rebel group have for the second time in one week attacked a position occupied by a break-away ... via IRIN News

“Situation in Darfur exaggerated”

Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir has accused the former rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Army of violating a peace accord which ended the protracted civil war in the South, saying its sustained military spending ... via Panapress