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Burundi earns more from coffee in 2012/13 -Burundi earns more from coffee in 2012/13 - Agra NetAgraNet (subscription)Friday May 17 2013. BURUNDI'S coffee earnings rose 8.3% in the 2012/13 crop year, although lower prices meant the growth in profits lagged a near doubling of sales compared to the previous season, the industry regulator said on Thursday. The commodity ...and more »Posted on 17 May 2013 | 8:53 am
Burundi readies for internet boom with firstAfrica ReviewBurundi readies for internet boom with first fibre optic cableAfrica ReviewBurundi is preparing for a communications boom with its first fibre optic cable set to be live in June or July. FILE. Land-locked Burundi is bracing for the benefits of broadband internet with its first optical fibre optic cable set to go live as early ...
Posted on 17 May 2013 | 2:47 am
Burundi stands to gain from EAC financialAfrica ReviewBurundi stands to gain from EAC financial integrationAfrica ReviewWith negotiations on a proposed East African Monetary Union hitting the home stretch, Burundi is faced with the prospect of dumping its Franc currency in favour of a common unit to be shared with Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. However the entry of ...
Posted on 15 May 2013 | 6:18 am
Rwanda, Burundi Power Project Gets FinancialRwanda, Burundi Power Project Gets Financial BoostAllAfrica.comThe construction of power interconnector between Rwanda and Burundi could soon commence after the two countries acquired a major financial boost from the European Union. The project is under the auspices of the East African Community, and the ...
Posted on 13 May 2013 | 1:51 am
Burundi: Beauty, beaches and beer - MailBurundi: Beauty, beaches and beerMail & Guardian OnlineNow meet Burundi — beautiful, and fast becoming the hottest new travel ticket in the region. In an age when there's hardly a place left on Google Earth that has not already been discovered by Lonely Planet or Travel TV, Burundi stands out for having ...
Posted on 11 May 2013 | 4:56 am
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Burundi's April inflation rate slows toBUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's inflation rate eased to 3.0 percent in the year to April from 5.9 percent in March, as the rise in housing, water and energy costs slowed, official figures showed on Wednesday. Housing, water and energy costs increased 1.4 percent year-on-year compared with 4.3 percent in March, data from the Institute of Economic Studies and Statistics (ISTEEBU) showed. The most ...Posted on 15 May 2013 | 2:57 am
Burundi: Beauty, beaches and beerBurundi may not be the go-to capital of East Africa, but it is cheap and cheerful, and tourists are starting to cotton on.
Posted on 10 May 2013 | 6:26 am
Burundi media: in the cross-hairs ofBurundi's journalists are bracing for tough times after parliament passed a restrictive draft media law that rights groups fear is designed to silence critical voices ahead of a general election in two years.
Posted on 5 May 2013 | 4:32 am
U.N. envoy says she sees 'politicalBUJUMBURA, Burundi, May 3 (UPI) -- A U.N. special envoy, saying she sees a "political will," urged leaders to keep working for success of the new eastern Democratic Republic of Congo peace plan.
Posted on 3 May 2013 | 12:53 pm
Burundi: Freedom of expression under threatA draft law that includes new press-related crimes and exorbitant fines for journalists who violate them looks set to be signed off by Burundi's President. April 30, 2013 A new press law that would severely limit the activities of journalists in Burundi poses a grave threat to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. The draft law, which includes new press-related crimes and ...
Posted on 30 April 2013 | 4:06 am
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Dinner with ambassador from BurundiIt's not every day you host an ambassador from your homeland for dinner in your home. But that's what drum-thumping, "run with joy"-shouting running coach Gilbert Tuhabonye did Thursday, when Angele Niyuhire, the ambassador to the U.S. from the ...Posted on 17 May 2013 | 4:02 am
Onanga-Anyanga welcomes discussions on17 May 2013 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Burundi welcomes the organization of a workshop from 22 to 25 May in Kayanza (north of Burundi), under the auspices of the Government of Burundi, on the ...
Posted on 16 May 2013 | 10:00 am
Burundi stands to gain from EAC financialThe main city beach at the Port of Bujumbura. Burundi stands to gain a lot from the East African Monetary Union. FILE With negotiations on a proposed East African Monetary Union hitting the home stretch, Burundi is faced with the prospect of dumping its ...
Posted on 14 May 2013 | 10:17 pm
Burundi's April inflation rate slows to 3.0BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's inflation rate eased to 3.0 percent in the year to April from 5.9 percent in March, as the rise in housing, water and energy costs slowed, official figures showed on Wednesday. Housing, water and energy costs increased 1.4 ...
Posted on 14 May 2013 | 7:58 pm
Burundi: Global Fund to provide US$62m inGlobal Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Burundi is to receive financial aid to the tune of US$62 million from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Executive Director of the UNAIDS, Mr. Michel Sidibé, has announced.
Posted on 13 May 2013 | 4:44 am
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Journalists in Burundi protest jailing ofA Burundian journalist said Friday that a group of independent reporters would consider staging street protests over the conviction this week of a radio reporter on terrorism charges stemming from a deadly attack on a bar last year.Posted on 22 June 2012 | 6:19 am
Burundi anxious over 51 dead soldiers inEgide Hatungimana was one of 51 Burundian soldiers killed in a firefight with al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia last week, his brother says. But the body has not been delivered to his family, which only found out about the death in a call from a fellow soldier.
Posted on 28 October 2011 | 8:40 am
Gunmen from Congo kill 36 at pub in BurundiArmed men from Congo burst into a pub in the central African nation of Burundi and killed 36 people, an official said Monday. One wounded man said an attacker yelled: "Make sure there's no survivors."
Posted on 18 September 2011 | 5:00 pm
Blasts of $3 grenades rock Burundi's fragileGrenades cost as little as $3 each in this tiny East African country, and they have become the preferred method of settling political scores.
Posted on 1 July 2010 | 9:53 am
Burundi president wins re-election in 1-manBurundi's electoral commission says the lone candidate in the country's presidential election has won by a landslide.
Posted on 27 June 2010 | 8:46 am
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:59 pm
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:58 pm
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:51 pm
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Posted on 18 May 2013 | 11:50 pm
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WFP Helping Burundi's FightAt Gakere health centre in the northern province of Ngozi, the World Food Programme is providing vital food supplements to malnourished pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five. Little Cécile weighed 2.70 ...Posted on 17 May 2013 | 10:36 am
WFP Helping Burundi's FightLittle Cécile weighed 2.70 kgs at birth in 2010. As time passed, her mother, Vénancie Sinzotuma, noticed that her youngest daughter was not growing normally. As soon as Cécile's mother learned from a neighbour that WFP ...
Posted on 16 May 2013 | 11:39 pm
UNHCR Burundi inaugurates a new campOver the past few months, many Congolese, threatened by armed groups or inter-ethnic conflicts, crossed Burundi borders hoping to find refuge and security. During the last quarter of 2012, UNHCR registered about 2,200 ...
Posted on 14 May 2013 | 3:07 am
Burundi soldier | FT Photo Diary -Tobin Jones/AFP An African Union Mission in Somalia soldier, part of the Burundian contingent to the mission, stands guard at an underground bunker in Daynille, Somalia. Humanitarian civilian EOD teams, with the support ...
Posted on 13 May 2013 | 8:00 am
Burundi: Beauty, beaches and beer |Now meet Burundi — beautiful, and fast becoming the hottest new travel ticket in the region. In an age when there's hardly a place left on Google Earth that has not already been discovered by Lonely Planet or Travel TV, ...
Posted on 10 May 2013 | 6:26 am
