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Diplomacy - COSMAS BUTUNYI - 2010-08-16

Burundi only EA state to ratify cluster arms pact

As the Convention on Cluster Munitions comes into force this month, Burundi will occupy pride of place as the only East African state to have ratified the international pact. Burundi and six other African nations join 30 countries from across the world that have already ratified the convention. Amo... more »

Diplomacy - ALPHONCE SHIUNDU and EMMA CHEROP - 2010-06-28

EA issues Burundi sanctions threat

East African leaders have threatened to impose sanctions on Burundi if the country’s elections set for Monday occasion violence.Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula said the region had agreed to bar politicians and citizens from travelling to member countries if violence erupts afte... more »

Diplomacy - Abdel-Rahman Hussein - 2010-06-15

Congo and Burundi expected to sign new Nile water

Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are expected to sign the Nile Cooperative Framework Agreement that Egypt and Sudan are opposed to and have refused to recognize. DRC and Burundi are the last two countries remaining yet to sign the new treaty after Kenya signed up to the agreement a... more »

World - Kevin Woodhouse - 2010-05-19

Bridge to Burundi project gets big boost from indu

Westwood High students in Hudson have rallied behind teacher Jean Claude Manirakiza’s passion to build a school in his hometown in Burundi, Africa. The project entitled Westwood’s Bridge to Burundi has garnered national headlines and even received a letter of encouragement from Romeo Dal... more »

National - rfi - 2010-05-18

Warming Lake Tanganyika endangers fish and livelih

Scientists have discovered that Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and deepest lake in the world, is at the warmest in 1,500 years. Some 10 million people in Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo live around and depend on the lake. The surface waters of Lake Tanganyika is a... more »

Diplomacy - Ibrahim Kasita and Isaac Omoding - 2010-05-13

The EAC Agenda is On Course

The common currency is expected to be in place by 2012. The process of East African Community integration appears to be moving smoothly with the economic market due June 1, 2010. Eriya Kategaya, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, talked to Ibrahim Kasi... more »

National - IFAD - 2010-05-07

IFAD provides Burundi with US$39.6 million to impr

The livelihoods of poor rural people have been given a boost thanks to a US$39.6 million grant from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to the Republic of Burundi, the UN rural poverty agency announced today. The grant agreement was signed today in Rome by Denis Bansh... more »

Diplomacy - Angola Press - 2010-04-28

President José Eduardo dos Santos invited to visit

The two statesmen expressed their concern at the prevailing political situation in the Great Lakes region, expressing their availability to work at international, continental, sub-regional and religious forums towards the reinforcement of peace. Both sides have pledged to develop joint effo... more »

World - East Africa Business Week - 2010-04-28

EAC launches Africa Year of Peace in Burundi

It was not by mistake that the government of Burundi and the East African Community (EAC) selected the 12-year old Linda Darlene Iradukunda to carry the Flame of Peace during the launch of the Year of Peace in Africa and destruction of arms that took place at St. Augustine of Buyenzi stadium in Buju... more »

Diplomacy - Bloomberg Businessweek - 2010-04-28

East African States Outline $74 Billion Growth Pla

The five member countries of the East African Community plan a $74 billion investment program which will spur growth, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi will invest the funds in upgrading transport systems and enhancing power generation, Museve... more »

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