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Politics | Society
Burundi political guru jailed

afrol News, 4 April - Supreme Court in Burundi has sentenced the former Chairman of President Pierre Nkurunziza's ruling Forces for the Defence of Democracy [FDD] to 13 years behind bars.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Burundi replaces VP

afrol News, 16 November - Yves Sahinguvu, 58, has been voted by the lawmakers as the 1st Vice President of Burundi. Sahinguvu replaced Martin Nduwimana who had resigned from the post.

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Politics | Society | Human rights
Burundi peace talks progress

afrol News, 19 October - The remaining National Liberation Forces (FNL) of Burundi has agreed to come back to the peace negotiating table with the government.

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Society | Politics | Human rights
Burundi leader refutes coup fabrication

afrol News, 31 August - The Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza, has refuted plans to fabricate a coup as a ploy to silent opposition parties.

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Politics | Society | Human rights
Burundi leaders hold crisis talks

afrol News, 23 August - In a bid to douse the looming political and institutional crisis in the country, the Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has engaged the leaders of the country’s main opposition parties for a dialogue.

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Society | Human rights | Politics
Burundi politicians confront grenade attacks

afrol News, 22 August - The homes of four Burundian politicians suffered unknown grenade attacks at the weekend. Burundian police is yet to establish who might have carried out the attacks on the homes of three members of the Front for Democracy in Burundi and one member of the ruling party.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Health | Human rights | Society
350,000 Burundian refugees return home

afrol News, 17 August - The total number of Burundian assisted by the UNHCR to return home over the past five years has gone beyond the 350,000 mark on Tuesday when 1,500 refugees crossed the border with Tanzania and arrived at the UNHCR transit centres.

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Society
Burundian refugees set for US resettlement

afrol News, 18 May - A chartered flight of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has transported the first badge of 43 Burundian refuges to the western Tanzanian town of Kibondo for the Kenyan capital Nairobi where they will spend three days before they finally resettle to the United States of America.

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Society | Politics
Burundi ex-President freed

afrol News, 16 January - A Bujumbura court cleared the former President of Burundi and four others accused of treason charges. Domitien Ndayizeye and others were charged with plotting to assassinate current President Pierre Nkurunziza.

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Politics | Society | Media
Court acquits Burundian journalists

afrol News, 4 January - A Burundian court yesterday acquitted and discharged three journalists after the state could not prove beyond reasonable doubt that they had violated the law by reporting allegations of a coup plot.

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Politics | Society
Burundi ex-President denies treason charges

afrol News, 21 December - "I have never dreamed of organising a coup, I was the one who integrated the rebels in the army, including the current President, because I wanted peace in Burundi," was the statement of the former Burundian President, Domitién Ndayizeye at a treason trial in Bujumbura.

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Economy - Development | Politics
Rwanda, Burundi join East Africa Community

afrol News, 1 December - Rwanda and Burundi have started enjoying the benefits of maintaining peace and stability, thus being accepted as members of the East Africa Community (EAC) after having waited for ten years. The EAC is currently moving towards a political and economic union.

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Economy - Development
ADF boosts Burundi's economic reform

afrol News, 8 November - The African Development Fund (ADF) today boosts Burundi's economic reform after it has showered a total loan of US$ 10.8 million to the country. This news will be greeted with joy in Burundi because it will set the country to stabilise its economy and ensure good conditions of living for its citizens.

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Politics | Economy - Development
Burundi emerges from destruction to growth

afrol News, 2 November - Developments are going amazingly quick in Burundi, which is just putting more than a decade of warfare behind it. The brutal civil war let GDP per capita shrink to 65 percent of its 1992 peak, pushed 60 percent of the population into poverty and caused national debts to reach record heights. The new-won peace by now already is showing economic results, with over 6 percent growth projected for this year.

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Society | Human rights
Burundi "must prosecute" indicted secret agents

afrol News, 26 October - Human Rights Watch argued that the Burundian government must not allow its secret agents indicted in inflicting tortures, killing and gross violations of human rights to go scot-free. No one has yet been tried for the many grave crimes against humanity committed in Burundi during and after the civil war.

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