Burundi ratifies global ban on nuclear test blasts

Burundi has ratified a global ban on nuclear test explosions and has become the 145th nation to fully endorse the accord.

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Burundi, rebels repledge peace

A joint statement by the Burundi government and the country's last remaining rebel group says the two sides have signed a "cessation of hostilities."

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10 killed in suspected rebel attack in Burundi capital

Suspected rebels attacked the Burundian capital, killing four soldiers and six civilians, a government spokesman said Friday.

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In Burundi, Names Speak Volumes

Her first son was born 10 years ago on a Bujumbura street while fighting raged. She named him Nzikobanyanka, or "I know they hate us."

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French Aid Worker Killed in Burundi

Gunmen opened fire on two French aid workers in eastern Burundi, killing one and wounding the other, police and aid officials said Tuesday.

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Burundi, Rebel Group Sign Tentative Deal

Burundi's government and the country's last rebel group tentatively agreed to end hostilities and sign a comprehensive cease-fire deal in two weeks, Tanzania's presidential spokesman said Sunday.

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One person has been sentenced to life in prison and eight others to jail in Burundi over the murder of albinos whose remains were sold for witchcraft. Three other suspects were acquitted by the court in Ruyigi province over the the killings of at least 12 albinos.

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The last Burundian refugees remaining in Tanzania following Burundi's long civil war between Hutus and Tutsis are due to return home this year. Some are beginning to live side by side in "peace villages".

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At least eight people have been arrested in Burundi in connection with a trade in human body parts from people with albinism.

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The African Union says eleven peacekeepers from Burundi were killed in Somalia Sunday in an "unprecedented" attack.

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Worship has been banned on a small rural hill in Burundi, where a woman claims to see the Virgin Mary on the same day of every month. The 23-year-old's claims of an apparition have become so widely known that thousands of people gather on the hill at the same time to pray.

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A commissioner of the European Union has expressed his "shock" at the passing of a law in Burundi which criminalises sexual relations between consenting same-sex adults.

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Albinos in Burundi have been taking refuge after three of them were killed by gangs apparently seeking to sell body parts in neighbouring Tanzania.

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Piled up next to the road were bicycles and benches, rolled up mattresses and squawking chickens, radios with wonky antennas, battered suitcases and yellow jerry cans. Amid it all, wearing an oversized blue blazer and plastic sandals, sat 85-year-old Michael Bihonzi.

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UPI reports: A recent surge in violence between rebel groups and the Burundi government has prompted calls for the release of children recruited to fight in the conflict.

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[Somalia's foreign minister] Ali Ahmed Jama told reporters at the United Nations Tuesday that his government will use this week's two-day meeting at U.N.

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Josh Ruxin is a Columbia University expert on public health who has spent the last couple of years living in Rwanda.

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Kenya's port of Mombasa and the single road snaking up to Uganda and beyond are vital for the economies of the whole region. The impact of the crisis is already being felt with petrol pumps running dry in Uganda and Burundi and rationing imposed in Rwanda.

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An Action Against Hunger vehicle was targeted by shooters in the city of Ruygi in the East of Burundi

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Virginie Ntakarutimana wears a faded black suit jacket that hides scars she got when armed Tutsi soldiers raided her house on October 27, 1993, and slashed her with a machete.

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Seven developing countries in Africa and Asia will be the first to take part in a new global health campaign aimed at directing aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries, Britain said on Wednesday.

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The first of some 8,500 Burundian refugees who fled their homeland 35 years ago have begun a long journey from camps in Tanzania to new homes in the U.S. cities of Atlanta and Phoenix, the United Nations said on Friday.

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved financing worth $164.5 million for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar for high-speed internet connections, the bank said on Tuesday.

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Burundi has offered to contribute to the proposed African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, following an AU appeal for soldiers. Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told the BBC that Burundi could send up to 1,000 troops.

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South Africa's 768 United Nations peacekeeping troops in Burundi were transferred under the authority of the African Union in a ceremony in Mpanda this week.

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From the page: -- Members of the Diaspora from Africa's Great Lakes region want to be part of efforts to fight poverty and brain drain in the region, according to participants at a conference that opened on Monday in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. --

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From the page: -- Primary students in Paris are making new friends and getting an insight into the lives of Burundian refugee children in this camp under a project launched earlier this year. --

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The action of the Bujumbura police in holding around 20 journalists hostage at the home of parliamentarian Mathias Basabose for more than seven hours yesterday was "absurd and astounding," Reporters Without Borders said today.

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Becoming a millionaire in Zimbabwe is one step easier since the introduction of a new 50,000 dollar note. Sadly, Zim Pundit comments that the new note is not enough to buy even a loaf of bread.

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