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Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
BUJUMBURA, Burundi, November 24, 2009/ Press Release No. 09/426A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Bernardin Akitoby, visited Burundi November 8-21, 2009 to conduct the third review of the government’s economic and financial program supported by an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF).The mission met with President Pierre Nkurunziza;...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Uganda and Burundi have condemned threats made by Somalia's Islamist Al Shabaab insurgents to strike Kampala and Bujumbura. The threats come in response to a firefight Thursday between peacekeepers and insurgents in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 30 people.
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Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
(Bujumbura) - The Government of Burundi should immediately evaluate the claims of up to 400 Rwandan asylum seekers and stop all efforts to coerce them to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on Rwandan authorities to stop pressuring Burundi to force the asylum seekers to return to Rwanda. read more
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
IT was a rough outing for Rwanda's U-20 team after finishing a distant 5th in the just ended Challenge Cup in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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World Food Program (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
The agricultural and livestock sector in Burundi will benefit, over the next four years, from an investment of US$ 40 million from the European Union (EU), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Food Programme (WFP), PANA learnt from an official source in Bujumbura.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
RWANDA'S tennis players Jean Claude Gasigwa and Dieudonne Habiyambere suffered early exits at the on-going ITF Burundi Men's Futures in Bujumbura.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
The Under-20 national handball team takes on Ethiopia in the opening match of the African Challenge Trophy, which gets underway today in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
THE national U-20 handball team left yesterday to Bujumbura for their maiden regional competition that will have alot of bearing on the progress of the sport in Rwanda.
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New Vision (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
BUJUMBURA Burundi's annual inflation rate fell to 6% in July from 7.6% in June due to lower food prices, the government said yesterday.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
THE national U-20 handball team has intensified its preparation for the upcoming regional handball challenge trophy. The event scheduled to run from August 30 to September 6 will be staged in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Four junior tennis players will represent Rwanda in the Under-12 ITF/CAT East African Circuit championship which gets underway this afternoon in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Three junior tennis players will represent the country in the coming Under-12 ITF/CAT East African Circuit championship slated for Bujumbura, Burundi.
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Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
(Bujumbura) - An April 2009 law that criminalizes homosexual conduct threatens to exacerbate the deplorable treatment of gays and lesbians in Burundi, Human Rights Watch said in a multimedia project published today. read more
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UNHCR (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Mbila Bilele is one of 10,000 Congolese refugees and asylum-seekers who live in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. She finds it a constant struggle to make ends meet and provide for her children.