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February 21, 2011_Western envoys in Burundi have urged the government to protect albinos from organ traffickers who trade their lucrative body parts for use as potent ingredients for magic charms. The security of albinos is…
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Bujumbura, February 16, 2011_Chairman of the United Nations Peace Consolidation Commission for Burundi Paul R. Seger arrived here on Tuesday for a four-day visit to pursue the commission commitment, a press release from the…
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December 31, 2010_United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Karin Landgren ( Sweden) as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB). The…
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Bujumbura, February 14, 2011_At least one person was killed when gunmen attacked a police post in a urban community 10 km south of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, witnesses told Xinhua on Monday. The raid on the target…
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February 07, 2011_Six months after a string of landslide electoral victories by the ruling Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie et Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD), Burundi is descending ever deeper…
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December 10, 2010_While the outlook is good "in many regards" as Burundi turns to building a sustainable economy after elections that met the requirements of all observers, social, political and institutional challenges…
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December 17, 2011_The Security Council today set up a "significantly scaled-down" United Nations operation in Burundi to help the Central African country as it embarks on the latest stage of its recovery from decades of civil…
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February 03, 2011_An independent United Nations expert today welcomed the adoption of the law on setting up Burundi's national human rights body and urged the authorities to set it up without delay. Fatsah Ouguergouz, the…