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20 December 2011 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Burundi, stressing that the country must continue to make progress on protecting human rights, fighting corruption…
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16 November 2011 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) is urging swift action to tackle a cassava virus that is affecting large parts of East Africa and threatening a staple food crop for much of the…
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24 October 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for unity as the world seeks solutions for the key challenges facing humanity, from the economic crisis and diminishing job opportunities to the…
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12 October 2011 – The Security Council today debated the need to reform the security sector in African countries emerging from conflict, with the United Nations peacekeeping chief calling it crucial to ensuring stability…
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BUJUMBURA, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - The massacre of 41 people in a bar near Bujumbura on 18 September was one of the most deadly incidents in Burundi in recent years but it took place in a climate of constant low-level…
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23 September 2011 – Burundi, one of the first States targeted by the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission that seeks to prevent post-conflict countries from relapsing back into violence, today said a massacre perpetrated…
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BUJUMBURA, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - The massacre of 41 people in a bar near Bujumbura on 18 September was one of the most deadly incidents in Burundi in recent years but it took place in a climate of constant low-level…
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19 September 2011– Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the armed attack that took place yesterday near Burundi's capital that killed and injured scores of people, and called on all parties to exercise…
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BUJUMBURA, 14 September 2011 - Burundian health officials are battling to control a cholera outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected 600 others since August. Although the epidemic is under control in some areas, health…
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Bujumbura, July 14, 2011_The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the sixth review of Burundi's economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The approval will enable an…
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Bujumbura, July 05, 2011_Burundi plans to start nickel production next year more than 35 years after first discovering the stainless steel making ingredient as the country addresses a lack of power and transport…
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Bujumbura, June 28, 2011_The World Bank (WB) vows to support the Burundian energy sector for the next 18 months to allow its population to access the power grid. The bank's Director of Sustainable Development for Africa Jamal…