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  1. Congo family's first Christmas in U.S. is 'time of great happiness and joy'Read the original story w/Photo

    16 hrs ago | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

    ... of Christmas in their homeland. AUDIO Listen to Hussean "John" Selemani tell his story to Story Corps: They left the Burundi capital of Bujumbura as refugees, where they had no work and no school for the children, and no running water or ...

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    Related Topix: Democratic Republic of the Congo, World News, Africa, Grand Rapids, MI, Kentwood, MI

  2. Rwanda: Refugee Return Heightens North Kivu TensionsRead the original story

    Wednesday | AllAfrica.com

    ... are around 90,000 Congolese refugees currently living in camps in neighbouring countries - mainly Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. But, nearly a year after the signing of a peace agreement between the Congolese authorities and the CNDP, few steps have ...

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  3. Refugee Return Heightens North Kivu TensionsRead the original story

    Wednesday | IWPR

    ... around 90,000 Congolese refugees currently living in camps in neighbouring countries - " mainly Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. But, nearly a year after the signing of a peace agreement between the Congolese authorities and the CNDP, few steps have been ...

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  4. Congo-Kinshasa: Congo (kinshasa) - Conflict Fueled From Many SourcesRead the original story

    Wednesday | AllAfrica.com

    ... to exploit gold and cassiterite in North and South Kivu provinces with the help of trading networks in Uganda, Burundi and the United Arab Emirates, while irregular arms deliveries have come from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and ...

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  5. Congo-Kinshasa: Stopping Minerals From Financing War

    Wednesday | AllAfrica.com

    ... ), documents the history of involvement of multiple other parties, including the governments of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zimbabwe, and groups supported by them. Another AfricaFocus Bulletin, sent out today by e-mail, contains several UN press ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Congo, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  6. Burundi, Djibouti sign cooperation agreementsRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | Walta Information Centre

    Africa news .Burundi and Djibouti have signed cooperation agreements on trade, transport, building and civil engineering works and tourism, which will come into force early next year and will enable both countries intensify cooperation, PANA reported from here.

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    Related Topix: Djibouti, World News, Africa, Djibouti, Djibouti, Pierre Nkurunziza, Ismail Omar Guelleh

  7. Six-year-old albino girl murdered, dismemberedRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 22 | Pretoria News

    Bujumbura - Criminals with suspected links to witch doctors murdered a six-year-old albino girl on Monday overnight in Burundi and made away with her severed limbs, officials have said.

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  8. Why Weren't The Banks Nationalised?Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 22 | Martin Kelly

    ... as the UK's concerned, of course, capital flight was never on the cards for a moment. While the banks might talk up Burundi's potential as a developing economy, and bellow like mountain gorillas about how they'll move your money away from you if you ...

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  9. SocietyRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 20 | Panapress

    ... no central government for almost two decades. Defence Minister condemns indiscipline in Burundian army Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Minister for National Defence and Vete rans, Germain Niyoyankana, here on Friday condemned the ...

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  10. Top 10 national booksRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 19 | Oregonlive.com

    ... book's subject, Deogratias Niyizonkiza, ... grew up an impoverished cow herder in the central African mountains of Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world. A combination of smarts, hard work and good luck got him into medical school in ...

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  11. Gun Running from North Korea : a Us Trap?

    Friday Dec 18 | IntelliBriefs

    ... aircraft, as saying that the plane had recently been seen at airports in Podgorica, Montenegro, and Bujumbura, Burundi. According to the same paper, Russia's Interfax News Agency has cited a senior transport ministry official in Khazakstan, Radilbek ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Pyongyang, North Korea, North Korea, Hwanghae-Bukto, North Korea

  12. Rwanda names ambassador to FranceRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | Sunday Times

    ... Kagame of ordering the shooting down of the plane that was carrying Juvenal Habyarimana as well as neighbouring Burundi's former leader Cyprien Ntaryamira, who were both ethnic Hutus. Kigali continues to see the arrest warrants as "unjust" but does ... 2 comments

    Related Topix: Rwanda, Africa, Paul Kagame, Nicolas Sarkozy

  13. Rwanda names ambassador to FranceRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | The Tocqueville Connection

    ... Kagame of ordering the shooting down of the planethat was carrying Juvenal Habyarimana as well as neighbouring Burundi's former leader Cyprien Ntaryamira, who were both ethnic Hutus. Kigali continues to see the arrest warrants as "unjust" but does ...

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  14. Buja parties - Bujumbura, Bujumbura, BurundiRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    ... was ready to take us to a special Christmas bazaar. There were really nice things but made in Congo, nothing from Burundi, I did buy ear rings. On Sunday we had an unexpected visitor in the family room, a bat. They are nasty creatures with very ...

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  15. People of Burundi will choose their leaderRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Independent Online

    Bujumbura - Burundi voters will directly elect the country's president at the second post-war election to be held in June next year, the electoral commission announced on Tuesday.

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  16. Behave or We Will Come Down Hard

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Malay Mail

    ... Malay Mail's exclusive report last Thursday on an attempt by a local company to export some 30,000 assault rifles to Burundi, worth more than RM200 million. We had reported that the local company, fronted by retired and ex-military personnel, had ...

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  17. Burundi: Econet Burundi Targets 0.8 Million Clients

    Monday Dec 14 | AllAfrica.com

    Burundi mobile operator Econet Wireless now targets to increase its clientele from the current 80,000 to 800,000 following the launching of the a new rechargeable solar handset.

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  18. Axe gay sex law, Burundi toldRead the original story

    Jul 30, 2009 | Independent Online

    Bujumbura - Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on the Burundi government to reverse a law criminalising homosexuality, saying it risks worsening the harsh treatment of gays and lesbians.

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  19. Congo-Kinshasa: Ugandans in Illegal Gold TradeRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | AllAfrica.com

    ... the UN Security Council, FDLR gold networks are tightly intertwined with trading networks operating within Uganda, Burundi and the United Arab Emirates. The report cites Ugandan businessman Roy Joseph Ziwa, who used to own DAS Air and DAS Handling ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo , United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Entebbe, Malawi, Central, Malawi, Malawi, Kampala, Malawi

  20. Miracle cures from Buja - Bujumbura, Bujumbura, BurundiRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 12 | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    ... a new experience for most nurses and they are getting really good at it. The wonderful ways of healing according to Burundi traditions: Throwing a knife and trying to cut the part of the body connected to the electricity are methods to "save" ...

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