Burundi News

At least 14 workers were killed, 40 others injured and several buried under rubble when a building under construction collapsed in central Burundi, medical officials said.

Bujumbura - Burundi's opposition leaders have accused a government minister of trying to create a one-party state, saying they have been banned from holding rallies.

Burundi - South African troops at their base in Bujumbura, Burundi are packing up ahead of their expected return home on September 30 following peacekeeping efforts.

By David Muwanga KENYA Data Networks and its Ugandan subsidiary, Infocom, have launched an estimated 1,500km optic fibre cable linking Kampala, Nairobi and Mombasa.

I returned from Bukavu yesterday. A sign of a country not having full sovereignty is the fact that you have to get there through another country.

Today is Navy and Merchant Marine Day in Turkey. This commemorates the day a law prohibiting ships carrying foreign flags to navigate in Turkish waters was passed on July 1, 1926.

Two States are set to join the East African Community Customs Union tomorrow, two years after they were integrated into the economic bloc.

Rwandan presidential candidate and United Democratic Front party member Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza will be at the Dayton North Holiday Inn at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 27.

A tale of ethnocide, exile and healing by a master of narrative nonfiction. Deogratias, Deo for short, is a young African man who would be easy to lose in the busy streets of New York - timid, unsure of which subway goes where, speaking only halting English.

After eight years as a foot soldier in one of Africa's bloodiest ethnic conflicts, former rebel Christophe Manana is being sent home with $40, two pairs of pants, and a cheap transistor radio.

UNICEF Eminent Advocate for Children, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg has pledged to defend the interests of the children of Burundi as well as all children in the international community.

The winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award wrote about Northampton, Mass., in Home Town , describing it as "the kind of town a lot of Americans think they would like to live in, think they used to live in.

As 11 Burundians stand trial for allegedly killing and selling the body parts of albinos -- which bring good luck according to local superstition -- a humanitarian group is offering protection and assistance to threatened community members.

If Thummalapally's nomination is confirmed by the Senate--and there is no reason as to why it won't because it's long been a tradition that usually a President rewards his friends and major fund-raisers with ambassadorship and such nominations to small countries of island hardly creates any ripples unless there is something untoward in the ...

By Esdras Ndikumana Bujumbura - In post-conflict Burundi, hand grenades go for around one dollar on the black market and have become the weapon of choice for everybody, from petty criminals to disgruntled lovers.

A mission from the International Monetary Fund , led by Mr. Bernardin Akitoby, visited Burundi May 27-June 10, 2009 to conduct the second review of the government economic and financial program supported by an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and to assess the impact of the global financial crisis on Burundi.

Significant strides have been taken in Burundi in implementing its ceasefire accord and laying the foundations for next year's presidential election, the United Nations top envoy to the impoverished African nation said today.

Adequate rainfall between February and April resulted in a good crop yield across most of Burundi, with officials predicting improved food security in many parts of the country.

Kampala President Yoweri Museveni and his Burundian counterpart, Pierre NKurunziza last Friday joined the battle against breast cancer and contributed towards the purchase of a mobile chemotherapy unit.

Despite ongoing peace talks between Burundi's ruling party and rebel groups, a Human Rights Watch report released this week says the government must do more to end partisan violence in the central African nation.