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Burundi Sentences Journalist to Life for Terrorism

By JOSH KRON

Hassan Ruvakuki, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale, was accused of involvement in an attack last year in part because he interviewed a rebel leader.

June 22, 2012, Friday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: RUVAKUKI, HASSAN, RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL, DECISIONS AND VERDICTS, TERRORISM, NEWS AND NEWS MEDIA, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Vermont’s Refugees Rebuild After Irene Floods

By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN

Refugees from Africa and South Asia are rebuilding their livelihoods after last summer’s devastating flood that ruined 10,000 acres of land.

May 18, 2012, Friday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: BURLINGTON (VT), FAR EAST, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC AREAS, AFRICA, AGRICULTURE AND FARMING, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, FLOODS, HURRICANE IRENE (2011)

Using Terror Charges to Stifle Independent Reporting

By J. DAVID GOODMAN

Journalists in countries including Ethiopia, Turkey and Burundi are on trial in an increasingly disquieting use of terrorism laws by some governments to quash independent reporting and stifle dissent.

May 10, 2012, Thursday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: Ethiopia, Sik, Ahmet, Burundi, Sener, Nedim, Nega, Eskinder, News and News Media, Terrorism, Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Africa, Turkey

To Find Diversity Hot Spots, Follow the Ants

By JOANNA M. FOSTER

Data crunching suggests that the presence of many ant species has yet to be documented in remote areas threatened by habitat loss.

April 24, 2012, Tuesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: Togo, Research, Mexico, Biodiversity, Ants, National Academies of the United States, North Carolina State University, Africa, Brazil, Burundi

Fatal Bar Shooting Exposes Burundi’s Instability

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN; Josh Kron contributed reporting from Kampala, Uganda

Gunmen opened fire in a crowded bar, killing more than 30 and exposing how combustible Burundi is a year after a disputed election.

September 20, 2011, Tuesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF (CONGO-KINSHASA), MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Burundi: Journalist Who Criticized Military Is Charged With Treason

By JOSH KRON

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 editor of the online news agency Net Press, for writing in a July 12 article that the Shabab, a militant Islamist insurgency in Somalia, could easily attack Burundi. The Shabab have claimed responsibility for...

July 21, 2010, Wednesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: KAVUMBAGU, JEAN-CLAUDE, TREASON, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, TERRORISM, NEWS AND NEWS MEDIA

Kenya: Common Visa Favored For 5 East African Nations

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Five East African nations are nearing agreement to collapse their borders so that foreigners will need only one visa to travel to any of the five, Kenya's immigration minister said Friday. The proposal is part of an effort to forge Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda into a single market and increase investment in the region, Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang said. Citizens of the five nations do not need visas to travel within their economic bloc, the East African Community, which on...

July 03, 2010, Saturday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: KENYA, UGANDA, TANZANIA, AFRICA, RWANDA, EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

Five African Countries Form a Common Market

By JOSH KRON

The East African Community has a goal of becoming a monetary union, and perhaps eventually a single nation.

July 02, 2010, Friday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: KENYA, TANZANIA, AFRICA, RWANDA, EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WORLD MARKET

Opposition Calls Election in Burundi a ‘Masquerade’

By JOSH KRON

Politicians boycotting the presidential election denounced the president on Wednesday after a vote in which only one candidate — the incumbent — stood for office.

July 01, 2010, Thursday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: NKURUNZIZA, PIERRE, FRAUDS AND SWINDLING, LEGISLATURES AND PARLIAMENTS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, BOYCOTTS, ELECTIONS

Burundi: Candidates Accuse Government of Voter Fraud

By JOSH KRON

Five presidential candidates said Tuesday that they would boycott the June presidential election over allegations of voter fraud.

June 02, 2010, Wednesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: FRAUDS AND SWINDLING, BOYCOTTS, ELECTIONS

Burundi: Albino Mother and Son Are Killed in Continuing Violence

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attackers chopped off the limbs of a 5-year-old albino boy and pulled out his mother’s eye, killing them in the belief that their body parts would bring wealth and success, human rights activists said.

May 08, 2010, Saturday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: TANZANIA, RED CROSS, MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, ALBINOS, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, ALBINISM

Burundi’s Freewheeling Nights

By CHRISTOPHER VOURLIAS

Congolese, Rwandans and aid workers from across the region are flocking to the nightclubs of postwar Burundi, in Africa.

May 02, 2010, Sunday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: AFRICA, BUJUMBURA (BURUNDI), TRAVEL AND VACATIONS, NIGHTCLUBS AND CABARETS

Burundi: Police Officers Stoned To Death

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Two policemen suspected of theft were stoned to death by angry villagers in the eastern province of Ruyigi, the local authorities said Monday. When the residents of Muhindo village found the policemen in hiding on Sunday, they came under fire from one of them, a local official said. The villagers retaliated by stoning the officers to death. A national police spokesman, Pierre Chanel Ntarabaganyi, later thanked the mob ''for getting involved in maintaining public order.''

September 08, 2009, Tuesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: NTARABAGANYI, PIERRE CHANEL, RUYIGI (BURUNDI), POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT, ATTACKS ON POLICE, MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND RIOTS

Surviving in the City, Against All Odds

By DWIGHT GARNER

The story of a young medical student from Burundi who escapes civil war and genocide and manages to flee to New York City, where he finds both hardship and charity.

September 02, 2009, Wednesday

MORE ON BURUNDI AND: KIDDER, TRACY, REVIEWS, TUTSI TRIBE, BOOKS AND LITERATURE, REFUGEES