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Security - AP - 2010-08-18

Uganda: 32 suspects held over deadly WCup blasts

Ugandan officials say 32 people have now been charged in connection with the July bomb blasts that killed 76 people. State attorney Joan Kagezi said Tuesday the suspects include nationals of Kenya, Somalia and Uganda. Kagezi says four of the suspects have confessed. She says the suspects will have ... more »

Security - AFP - 2010-08-09

Two Burundi villages sacked by armed gang: army

A group of around 50 unidentified gunmen raided two villages outside the Burundi capital overnight, destroying homes and stealing money and goods, an army spokesman said Monday. "A group of unidentified bandits armed with guns and wearing military uniforms invaded the village of Cabiza then attacked... more »

Security - AFP - 2010-07-30

Shebaab calls for attacks on embassies

omalia’s Qaeda-linked Shebaab militants have called for worldwide attacks on the embassies of Uganda and Burundi, whose troops make up a large African Union (AU) force in Somalia, a terror monitoring group said on Friday. In a video aired on the Islamic militants’ "news channel," Shebaab... more »

Security - SAPA - 2010-07-29

Burundi arrests terrorism suspect

Burundi police arrested a Croatian tourist in the capital Bujumbura for suspected links to an Islamist extremist group, he told AFP on Wednesday. "On Sunday I was walking around the city, I saw the magnificent Bujumbura cathedral, I took pictures of it and a policeman arrived, arrested me and took ... more »

Security - Pana - 2010-07-27

Burundi triples troops contribution to Somali

Burundi has agreed to triple the number of its troops s erving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), from the current three battalions to six, with an immediate deployment of 850 soldiers, Defence Minister Gen. Germain Niyoyonkana told PANA Tuesday. Speaking after holding talks with his ... more »

Security - Reuters - 2010-07-21

Burundi to keep troops in Somalia despite threat

Burundi said on Wednesday it would keep its 2,500 peacekeepers in Somalia despite threats from Islamists responsible for bomb attacks in neighbouring Uganda that killed 73 soccer fans. The devastating twin blasts hit a crowded restaurant and a rugby club in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Sunday, ... more »

Security - Jina Moore - 2010-06-17

A comparative guide to grenade attacks in Rwanda a

It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news in late winter and early spring in Rwanda. They injured more people than they killed, and based on my exposure to grenades, which is action movi... more »

Security - AP - 2010-05-07

Activists: Mother, son albinos killed in Burundi

Attackers in Burundi chopped off the limbs of a 5-year-old albino boy and pulled out his mother’s eye, killing them over the belief that their body parts would bring wealth and success, human rights activists said Friday. Those deaths and other recent attacks in Tanzania are part of long patt... more »

Security - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) - 2010-05-07

MAG Burundi - March report

Summary (1-31 March 2010) - Collection of 102 weapons, 318 magazines, 347ammunition and 3,064 small arms ammunition (SAA) from Police Nationale du Burundi (PNB) stocks by the MAG-PNB mobile team; - Destruction of 136 ammunition by the MAG-PNB mobile team; - Improvement to the physical security of... more »

Security - The New Times - 2010-04-27

Burundi and DRC to Step Up Security Cooperation

The national coordinator of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), has emphasized that Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC have a large potential for cooperation in the areas of security and development. Joseph Kabakeza, made the remarks at the opening of a two-day national works... more »

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