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Philippine Star
March 22, 2018
In authorizing an investigation, the ICC chamber found "reasonable basis" to believe that Burundi state agents and groups implementing state polices launched ... Burundi's decision triggered other countries like South Africa and The Gambia to threaten withdrawal, but they later reversed these decisions.
ReliefWeb
March 21, 2018
The ongoing sheep and goat plague in localized central and northeastern areas caused an undetermined amount of heavy livestock losses before the Government of Burundi closed the small ruminants' markets as a precautionary measure. In April, at the peak of the lean season, the poor households, whoÃâà...
International Atomic Energy Agency
March 21, 2018
Thanks to equipment provided by the IAEA, the Burundi INIS Centre is now able to collect, manage and make available customized nuclear information for peaceful purposes, fostering the implementation of national nuclear projects. These cover the fields of radiation protection and remediation on uraniumÃâà...
africanews
March 21, 2018
Burundians will vote in a referendum set for May 17 that could extend President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule for at least a decade. Opposition parties have claimed that citizens were intimidated to register. During the week long registration process last month, opposition figures and residents in many parts ofÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 21, 2018
The conflict has left thousands traumatised and alone - but some students who fled to Tanzania have told how education has given them hope. Refugee children who lost their parents during violence in Burundi's civil war have spoken about how education is helping them to rebuild their lives. Since theÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 19, 2018
Burundi will hold a referendum in May 2018 on a constitutional amendment that could enable President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in power past 2020. The proposed changes would weaken the representation of minority groups in Parliament and further threaten the Arusha peace deal that ended theÃâà...
Business Standard
March 16, 2018
Burundi today freed 740 prisoners, most of whom had been imprisoned after taking part in protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza in 2015, the government announced. The detainees were released from Bujumbura's Mpimba prison -- the country's largest -- after a ceremony presided over by JusticeÃâà...
SDE Entertainment News
March 16, 2018
This year Burundi was declared as the least happy place, replacing the Central African Republic. The research is carried out by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network ranked 156 countries according on things such as social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity andÃâà...
Business Standard
March 16, 2018
Nine workers at a construction site outside Burundi's capital Bujumbura were killed in a landslide today, police said. Heavy seasonal rains caused the hillside next to the Gasenyi river, east of the city, to collapse burying the workers who were building a channel to redirect the river's floodwaters. Police saidÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 16, 2018
The agricultural season B looks to be good for some vulnerable households from Busoni commune of Kirundo province. 500 vulnerable households from the 10 hills/villages of Busoni commune had access to the selected seeds thanks to the fair organized by the Burundi Red Cross and the Food andÃâà...
BusinessGhana
March 15, 2018
Bad news for Burundi which has come last in the UN's annual World Happiness Report. The index ranked 156 countries based on factors including life expectancy, social freedom and absence of corruption. Top of the chart was Finland, which rose from fifth place to push out Norway. In 2016, Burundi cameÃâà...
K24 TV
March 15, 2018
This year's happiest place on Earth is Finland, according to an annual UN report — toppling Norway from the top spot. The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” — how happy people feel they are, and why. Nordic countries regularly appear in the top five, while war-hit countries and aÃâà...
CHANNELS TELEVISION
March 15, 2018
Finland is the world's happiest country while troubled Burundi is the most discontent, according to a new UN report released Wednesday. In addition to its joyful locals, Finland is also home to the happiest immigrants, the study found. The Nordic nation headed up the 156-country ranking, followed by lastÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 14, 2018
U.N. investigators are calling for justice in light of separate reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council describing widespread and gross violations of human rights in South Sudan and Burundi. More than four years of fighting in South Sudan has left nearly six million people facing hunger, moreÃâà...
Voice of America
March 14, 2018
U.N. investigators are calling for justice in light of separate reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council describing widespread and gross violations of human rights in South Sudan and Burundi. More than four years of fighting in South Sudan has left nearly six million people facing hunger, moreÃâà...
NTV Uganda
March 13, 2018
The first Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice has fixed 21st March to begin hearing the case filed by Burundi's Attorney General against the ... The East African Court of Justice has allowed the Burundi government to challenge the election of Rwanda's Martin Ngoga as Speaker of the EastÃâà...
BloombergQuint
March 13, 2018
Landlocked Burundi has been roiled by violence that's left hundreds of people dead and forced more than 400,000 to flee their homes since April 2015 when Nkurunziza began seeking another term, which he subsequently won. Pacifique Nininahazwe, an activist, said on Facebook the new declaration wasÃâà...
BusinessGhana
March 13, 2018
The move means no one in the governing CNDD-FDD is allowed to disagree with his choices, secretary-general Evariste Ndayishimiye said. "He is our leader. Therefore in our party... no one is comparable to him," Mr Ndayishimiye said. "He is our parent, he is the one who advises us. That is why I ask allÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 13, 2018
Burundi is set to hold a referendum on a constitutional amendment in May 2018. This could enable President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in power beyond 2020 and weaken the representation of minority groups. The lack of broader consultation on the overall amendment process further threatens the ArushaÃâà...
africanews
March 12, 2018
Burundi is headed for a constitutional referendum in May which would allow Nkurunziza to remain in office until 2034. Ahead of the exercise, rights groups and the opposition allege authorities have embarked on a massive operation of forced registration of voters including minors, as well as inciting violentÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 10, 2018
Justice and respect for human rights is what the exiled activist, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, wants for Burundi. In May 2018, Burundians will vote in a referendum that could extend President Nkurunziza's term until 2034. In Belgium's capital, Brussels, hardly anyone recognizes 68-year-old Pierre ClaverÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
March 9, 2018
... soon-to-be home on Friday in Columbia. Originally from Burundi, he previously lived in Florida before moving to Columbia with his family a year ago. ... Originally from Burundi, the Barafumbashe family lived in Florida for a year before recently moving to Columbia. Their four-bedroom, two-bath home onÃâà...
News24
March 9, 2018
Nairobi - Three civil rights activists in Burundi accused of undermining security have been sentenced in their absence to 10 years in prison, judicial sources said on Friday. Emmanuel Nshimirimana, Aime Constant Gatore and Marius Nizigiyimana, members of the campaign group Parcem, had beenÃâà...
swissinfo.ch
March 8, 2018
Switzerland has expressed its concern on “attacks on the separation of powers” in Poland at the 37 sessionexternal link of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. “Any reform of the judicial system should aim at strengthening the independence of the judiciary,” said Valentin Zellweger, Swiss ambassador toÃâà...
Doctors Without Borders
March 8, 2018
Gloria was pregnant, expecting her third child, when she and her family were forced to flee from Burundi. They spent four months stranded at the Tanzanian border before making it to Nduta refugee camp. "On the way here, the road was very rough, and that affected me," says Gloria. "I was rushed to theÃâà...
News24
March 8, 2018
Jean Claude Rwahama, a refugee official in Rwanda, said on Thursday that most of the refugees had lived in DRC since 2015, when political violence erupted in Burundi over the president's decision to seek a disputed third term. He said Rwanda was temporarily sheltering them at Bugarama refugeeÃâà...
News24
March 7, 2018
Nairobi - A group of 2 500 Burundian refugees, fearing repatriation to their home country, moved on Wednesday from the Democratic Republic of Congo to nearby Rwanda, a spokesperson said. The refugees belong to an obscure Catholic sect that follows a female prophet called Zebiya and claim to haveÃâà...
UN News
February 26, 2018
The overall political situation, along with the Government's decision to revise the Constitution, has hampered economic development, said Michel Kafando, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi. At the same time, though Burundi has made some progress, human rights violations are stillÃâà...
Amnesty International
September 28, 2017
Thousands of Burundian refugees are under mounting pressure to return to their country where they would be at risk of death, rape and torture, said Amnesty International in a report out today. Conform or flee: Repression and insecurity pushing Burundians into exile launches after two East African countriesÃâà...
FRANCE 24
December 31, 1999
Nkurunziza rose to power in 2005 following the signing of the Arusha accords to end Burundi's 13-year civil war that killed about 300,000 people. He was re-elected unopposed in 2010 after the opposition boycotted the vote. Nkurunziza said he was eligible for a third term because lawmakers, not theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
About 8093 Congolese, more than half children, have fled increased fighting in South Kivu (DR Congo) for the Provinces of Rumonge and Nyanza-Lac in Burundi. The Humanitarian Country Team, under the leadership of UNCHR, is providing urgent assistance. An additional influx of 7,000 people isÃâà...
