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(Topix.net)New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts
Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region. (AllAfrica)
Burundi in Town for Club International Tournament
Burundi left nothing to chance as they arrived in the country yesterday for the fourth edition of the Club Beer International Beach Volleyball tournament set for this weekend at Lido Resort Beach in Entebbe. (AllAfrica)
RB Off to Burundi
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda yesterday left for Burundi to attend the international conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) heads of State and Government round-table conference. (AllAfrica)
Badea DG visits Burundi
The Director-General of the Arab Bank for Economic Deve lopment in Africa , Mr. Abdelaziz Khelef, was due in Bujumbura Wednesday to attend the Great Lakes S ummit being hosted by Burundi 4-5 Nov.
(Topix.net)AFRICA: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria
NAIROBI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. (irinnews.org)
In Brief: Burundians hand in thousands of weapons
BUJUMBURA Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change. (irinnews.org)
In Brief: Burundians hand in thousands of weapons
BUJUMBURA, 4 November 2009 - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign.
(Topix.net)East Africa: Sexual Violence On the Rise But Too Few Arrests
Rape and defilement have been documented as the most common violations against women in the East Africa and Great Lakes Region, a scenario that women activists fear could retard development in the region.
(Topix.net)Somaliland for war on Shebaab
The leader of Somalia's breakaway self-declared state of Somaliland yesterday called for war against the hardline Shebaab rebels as the region marked one year since deadly suicide attacks.
(Topix.net)Burundi collects nearly 14,000 weapons in a week
Burundi collected nearly 14,000 weapons last week in a nationwide campaign to disarm the civilian population and ensure elections next year will be peaceful, officials said.
(Topix.net)Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen vow they will deflect the fighting to Kampala and Bujumbura
Witnesses say the militants called for the men in the town in a meeting on Friday afternoon and told the hairdressers not cut a beard from men in Merca.
(Topix.net)After 37 Years, Last Refugees Return Home Under UN-Backed Scheme
Ending one of the world's longest-running refugee sagas, the United Nations announced that some 400 Burundians left Tanzania today returning to the Central African homeland they escaped in 1972. (AllAfrica)
In Brief: Burundi health officials act to check polio
BUJUMBURA, 28 October 2009 - Following two reported cases of polio in Burundi's northwestern province of Cibitoke, the Health Ministry and UN World Health Organization have begun a three-day immunization campaign, targeting at least 1.5 million children under five, officials said.
(Topix.net)Returnee Families Need Shelter
Hundreds of Burundian families who recently returned home from Tanzania have been living in the open in western Bubanza province after they failed to trace their original homes. (AllAfrica)
ICGLR to Meet in Burundi Next Week
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), is set to hold a roundtable discussion in Burundi next week, as part of the initiatives to draw an implementation plan of the security, stability and regional development pact. (AllAfrica)
In Brief: Burundi health officials act to check polio
BUJUMBURA Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (IRIN) - Following two reported cases of polio in Burundi's northwestern province of Cibitoke, the Health Ministry and UN World Health Organization have begun a three-day immunization campaign, targeting at least 1.5 million children under five, officials said. (irinnews.org)
Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law
KAMPALA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in international humanitarian law, say experts. (irinnews.org)
BURUNDI: Returnee families need shelter
BUJUMBURA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of Burundian families who recently returned home from Tanzania have been living in the open in western Bubanza province after they failed to trace their original homes. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Electronic records can streamline health care
NAIROBI Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of care and enable African HIV treatment programmes to be scaled up more efficiently, say the authors of a new article on the subject. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
MIDRAND Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction. (irinnews.org)
AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins
KAMPALA Monday, October 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to observers. (irinnews.org)
Building an Army Under Fire
Maintaining a competent military organization is a challenge for wealthy nations, even in times of relative peace.
(Topix.net)Integrate Refugees Into the Host State, Leaders Told
The refugee situation in East Africa has reached alarming levels and the United Nations is urging members countries to adopt the Tanzanian formula of integration. (AllAfrica)
Uganda, Burundi raise security on Somali threats
Burundi and Uganda have beefed up security and are closely monitoring Somalis living in their countries after hardline rebel group al Shabaab threatened to attack the east African countries' capitals.
(Topix.net)ITB Asia daily report ~ day 2.
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(Topix.net)Uganda, Burundi Condemn Threats By Somali Insurgents
Uganda and Burundi have condemned threats made by Somalia's Islamist Al Shabaab insurgents to strike Kampala and Bujumbura.
(Topix.net)Ugandan president warns Somali militia over threats of terror attack
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday warned Somali militias who have threatened attacks on Uganda's capital Kampala and Burundi's capital Bujumbura.
(Topix.net)Heavy Rains Leave More Than 1,000 Homeless in Bubanza
Heavy rains have destroyed 214 homes, leaving about 1,070 people without shelter in Gihanga commune, western Bubanza province. (AllAfrica)
Regional Body to Table 33 Projects At Burundi Meet
National coordinators of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) held a conference in the Central African Republic (CAR), to select projects that will be listed for funding at a regional roundtable that will take place next month. (AllAfrica)