AFRICA PROGRAM - Crisisweb
Crisis Group's Nairobi-based team monitors and reports on internal and external threats to peace in the Great Lakes and surrounding region as well as progress towards reconciliation in Rwanda and political transitions under way in Burundi, the ...
Uganda Cranes Set For Burundi Test In CHAN Championship - Goal.com
Uganda Cranes left today for Burundi ahead of their Africa Nations Championships encounter against Burundi at Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura on Sunday. The match will be played on the astro-turf pitch which Uganda Cranes officials say ...
New Embassy Compound to be built in Burundi - Thaindian.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The Bujumbura New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Burundi will be the 100th diplomatic facility to be built by the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) since 2001, the U.S. Department of State said Wednesday. The ...
FRONT PAGE :: Leisure - Rwanda New Times
Aime ventured into the music industry in 1994, from Vivante Church in Bujumbura, Burundi where Appolinaire was the praise and worship choir leader. James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a ...
United States Breaks Ground on 100th Diplomatic ... - Afrik
U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Pamela J. H. Slutz; Mayor of Bujumbura Mr. Evrard Giswaswa; and Acting Managing Director for Operations of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations John Finnegan, Jr. broke ground on the Bujumbura New Embassy Compound ...
Zambians arrive for Warri Wolves - The Guardian - Nigeria
Wolves scaled through the first round by stopping a hard fighting Olympic Athletico of Burundi, winning the second leg of their encounter by a lone goal after playing 1-1 in Bujumbura. To set the stage for the all-important second round tie against ...
2009 Human Rights Report: Burundi - U.S. Department of State
Burundi is a constitutional republic with an elected government and a population of 8.3 million. In 2005, following local and parliamentary elections, the two houses of parliament indirectly elected as president Pierre Nkurunziza, a member of the ...
Uganda/Burundi: Cranes Force Stalemate in Burundi - AllAfrica.com
Bujumbura — One of the oldest clichés in football is 'never change a winning team'. Nonetheless, when coaches change their team, they seek vindication for their decision as Bobby Williamson might have learned last evening. Striker Henry Kisekka ...
FRONT PAGE :: National - Rwanda New Times
KIGALI - Deo Mushayidi yesterday appeared in Nyarugenge Intermediate Court following his arrest in Burundi and subsequent extradition on March 5. He was officially charged with six charges that include, causing state insecurity, working with the ...
Tanzania: 20th ordinary meeting of the EAC Council of ... - Afrik
Hafsa Mossi, Minister of East African Community Affairs of the Republic of Burundi. The meeting of Senior Officials of the Co-ordination Committee will be held from Friday 19 to Tuesday 23 March; the session of the Co-ordination Committee (Permanent ...
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Retired general links gays in army to genocide
A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened by openly gay soldiers.
Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally
 Iraq's postelection count has fueled allegations of fraud. Questions about the vote's validity could undermine U.S. ambitions to set a standard for democracy in the Middle East.
Marines try to buy good will in Marjah
 Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they've been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.
Spill threatens Estonia capital's water
A cargo plane made an emergency landing Thursday on the frozen surface of a lake outside Estonia's capital, spilling 1.5 tons of fuel that risked polluting the city's main source of drinking water, authorities said.
Ex-Scotland Yard detective jailed in drug plot
A former Scotland Yard drug squad detective was jailed Thursday for his role in a botched attempt to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Ireland.
U.N. calls for Afghans to take charge of future
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says it's time for the international community to take "concrete steps" to allow Afghans to take charge of their future.
Remains of Italian teen believed found in church
The case of an Italian teenager who disappeared in 1993 has returned to the spotlight after decomposed remains believed to be hers were discovered in the church where she was last seen, police said Thursday.
U.N. nixes ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
 U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting, as nations feared doing so would devastate fishing economies.
Myanmar deports jailed American
Army-ruled Myanmar deports a Burmese-American activist on Thursday after sentencing him last month to three years in prison for forgery and immigration offenses.
Sudan and Darfur rebel group sign cease-fire
Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups signed a cease-fire Thursday — the second such deal in less than a month with a key rebel faction — opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement.
U.S. and Russian spacefliers touch down safely
 A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan.
Darfur aid worker freed after 147-day kidnap ordeal
Sudanese forces freed a Red Cross aid worker from kidnappers who had held him in Darfur for 147 days, a security chief said on Thursday.
Clinton, Russia spar over Iran nuclear plant
 On a visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticizes Russia's plans to start up a nuclear power station in Iran, prompting a defense from a Russian official.
Greece ups stakes in quest for EU help
 Greece raised the stakes on Thursday in its quest for EU help to tackle its debt crisis, saying it cannot achieve promised deficit cuts if its borrowing costs remain so high and may have to call in the IMF.
Netanyahu, Clinton talk after settlement crisis
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after a dispute over settlements.
Ships use new strategy against Somali pirates
An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy has dealt the brigands a setback, officials say.
First deadly rocket in year hits Israel
 Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel from Gaza, killing a Thai farm worker, while the European Union's foreign affairs chief was visiting the Hamas-controlled enclave.
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