Politics | Human rights
Burundi heading towards dictatorship?
afrol News, 23 November - With opposition parties partly banned, journalists imprisoned and reports of torture, President Pierre Nkurunziza is rooting out critical voices in Burundi. New reports indicate a dictatorship is being implemented.
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Politics | Human rights
Burundi denies war crimes in DR Congo
afrol News, 24 September - The government of Burundi is reacting strongly to a UN report being elaborated about war crimes committed in Congo Kinshasa (DRC) from 1993 to 2003. Burundi demands being removed from the list of countries involved.
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Politics
Burundi failed election completed
afrol News, 28 June - The elections in Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza is the sole candidate and which have been marred by violence and opposition protests, were carried out today. Burundi now faces sanctions and more trouble.
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Society
Mines increasingly discovered in Burundi
afrol News, 10 March - As peace has returned to Burundi, it becomes clear that more mines than previously expected had been deployed during the civil war. Only recently, "an extremely dangerous" anti-personnel mine was discovered and destroyed in the outskirts of Bujumbura, the capital.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Burundi approved for IMF’s $10 Million
afrol News, 17 February - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the third review of Burundi's economic performance under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The completion of the review was on a lapse of time basis, effective February 10, 2010, and enabled the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 6.6 million (about US$10.1 million) under the arrangement.
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Economy - Development | Society
Burundi arrests illegal miners
afrol News, 8 January - Burundian authorities have arrested 18 illegal gold miners in Kibira, a natural reserve in the northern part of the country, government officials have said.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Burundi faces funding shortfall for elections
afrol News, 11 December - The UN Security Council has called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack of funding was challenging the “significant advances” already made after decades of ethnic and factional war.
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Economy - Development
Burundi gets economic reform grant
afrol News, 2 November - With progress made turning the Burundian economy into a post-conflict stage, the World Bank today has approved a grant of US$ 25 million to further economic reform in the country. Now, also the coffee sector is to get back on its feet.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society
Last Burundian refugees repatriated
afrol News, 30 October - The last batch of some 400 Burundian refugees returned to their homeland after 37 years, ending one of the world’s longest-running refugee sagas, the United Nations has announced.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society
HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees
afrol News, 16 October - The International Human Rights body, has urged the Burundian government to stop forced deportations of Rwandan asylum seekers under false pretences that their refugee status has been denied.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
SA formally withdraws from Burundi
afrol News, 30 July - The Pretoria administration has announced that its troops who were part of the peacekeeping mission in Birundi will formally be withdrawn next Saturday.
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