Burundi Tribune

Justice - Amnesty International - 2010-09-23

Rights Group: Burundi Security Services Tortured O

Amnesty International says Burundian authorities must investigate allegations that state security officials tortured 12 opposition politicians during the country’s recent elections. Amnesty International’s report "A Step Backward" describes how opposition Burundi politicians were alleged... more »

Society - The World Bank Group - 2010-09-01

Burundi - Emergency Energy Project from Internatio

Burundi was affected by a severe electricity crisis in the summer of 2009, in which REGIDESO lost 40&percnt of its generation and supply capacity in the Bujumbura capital area was curtailed for a period of four months. Power shortages affected adversely basic services, including drinking water suppl... more »

Health - PlusNews Global - 2010-08-11

BURUNDI: HIV-positive people struggling for treatm

Thousands of Burundians living with HIV are failing to obtain drugs to treat opportunistic infections since a system to provide them with free medical care has come to an end. The National AIDS Control Council (CNLS) has, for the past two years, provided free medical care to an estimated 22,000 memb... more »

Justice - Catholic Information Service for Africa - 2010-08-10

Urgent Call to Free Journalist Facing Life in Pris

The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA), have expressed deep concern about the campaign of intimidation against media by the government of Burundi and have called for charges against a leadin... more »

Society - Radio VOP - 2010-07-21

Zimbabwe Government To Deport Burundi Refugees

President Robert Mugabe’s government is deporting five refugees from Burundi for causing the ethnic disturbances that rocked a refugee camp in Zimbabwe last month. Officials from the The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Harare said they would fight to save the refugees f... more »

Justice - JOSH KRON - 2010-07-20

Journalist Who Criticized Military Is Charged With

A journalist has been arrested and charged with treason for publishing an article suggesting that Burundi’s military was not capable of defending the country against terrorist attacks, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The group condemned the arrest on Saturday of Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, the edi... more »

Health - Episcopal Life Online - 2010-05-21

BURUNDI: Church expands health-care programs

A new administration block, isolation ward, and laboratory at the hospital in Matana, and a new staff house and isolation ward at the health center in Nyankanda are signs of theAnglican Church in Burundi’s growing involvement with and commitment to health care in the East African country. "In... more »

Justice - Reuters - 2010-05-03

Two albinos killed in Burundi

TWO albinos, a young mother and her four-year-old son, were killed by men armed with knives and grenades in the eastern Burundi province of Cankuzo, a police officer said on Monday. The tiny central African country of 8 million people has around 500 albinos, who lack pigment in their skin, eyes a... more »

Justice - DPI - United Nations Department of Public Information - 2010-04-13

Press Conference by Chair of Peacebuilding Commiss

Improving resource mobilization, international cooperation, and national ownership were the main priorities of the upcoming five-year review of the Peacebuilding Commission, its Chairman said this afternoon. "Of course, the litmus test of peacebuilding is whether the situation on the ground, in t... more »

Health - MSF, UK - 2010-03-24

Malaria emergency in northern Burundi

Burundi has been grappling with a serious increase in the numbers of malaria patients since the start of the year. The MSF teams have been cooperating with Burundi authorities to fight the disease’s spread by treating patients and distributing mosquito nets to prevent new infections. Malari... more »