BURUNDI popularity and BURUNDI trends

Burundi FA president Lydia Nsekera describes her imminent place on Fifa's Executive Committee as 'an honour to Africa'.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like The verdict on May 22, 2012, in the trial of those accused of killing Ernest Manirumva, a Burundian anti-corruption activist, has been a missed opportunity to deliver justice, 20 Burundian and international nongovernmental organizations said today in a joint statement. The outcome was a grave disappointment to those who have camp...

Lydia Nsekera, president of the Burundi Football Association, makes history

Une Burundaise, accusée de sorcellerie et de provoquer des décès dans le nord-est du Burundi, a été tuée à coups de machette par des habitants, ainsi que cinq de ses...lire la suitehistoires liées22:56 « Yahoo ! » nomme un nouveau directeur général23:27 Série A : l’Udinese 3e pour la 2e année consécutive23:32 Basket : l’Olympîakos enlève l’Euroligue22:47 Real Madrid : nouveau record de 100 poin...

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.

Burundi's corruption watchdog, Mohamed Rukara, has uncovered a plot to kill him, his spokesperson says - blaming unnamed people.

Burundi is making progress in improving it human rights record, but impunity remains a challenge, a senior United Nations official said, stressing that the envisaged establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission will be a real test of country’s commitment to upholding human rights.

THE NETHERLANDS was given a shocking lesson last week in the real-life desperation behind the politics of immigration when a 36-year-old man from Burundi killed himself to improve the chances of his two children being allowed to remain in Holland.

Utl.: Am 8. April um 13.30 Uhr in ORF = Wien (OTS) - Lakis Jordanopoulos präsentiert "Heimat, fremde Heimat" am Sonntag, dem 8. April 2012, um 13.30 Uhr in ORF 2 mit folgenden Themen: "Dorthin kann ich nicht zurück" - Flüchtlinge erzählen Flüchtlinge leben in Österreich oft in sozialer …

Herpetologists have discovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog during a research expedition to Burundi in December 2011. The frog was last seen by scientists in 1949 and was feared to be extinct after decades of turmoil in the tiny East African nation.

Push by 5,400 DRC troops into remote areas targets Rwandan Hutu rebel group and remnants of Joseph Kony's LRAUN peacekeeping troops are backing a Congolese army drive against jungle-based rebel groups that is expected to displace at least 100,000 people and trigger a new wave of instability and human rights abuses across war-ravaged eastern Congo, aid workers and independent analysts have warne...

Pakistan is the worst place on earth when it comes to the opportunities women get to participate in the labour force, which is made up of four times as many men as women, says The Independent. In a report, which determines the best and worst places for women, the British newspaper says Burundi in sub-Saharan Africa ranks first in the category as the only country where the female labour force .....

In Burundi versorgen Lastenfahrer auf Fahrrädern die Hauptstadt mit Produkten vom Berg

Le Fonds monétaire international a annoncé vendredi qu'il renouvelait son prêt au Burundi, auquel il a prévu de verser 46,5 millions de dollars sur trois ans. Le prêt précédent, accordé en juillet 2008, était d'un montant nettement supérieur: 78,3 millions de dollars. La dernière tranche a été...

Following in the footsteps of the great 19th-century explorers for his new book, Crazy River, Richard Grant travelled to Burundi to experience life in the poorest, most corrupt country in the world

A rights group says more than 300 members of Burundi's former rebel group and opposition supporters have been killed by state-backed death squads.

In Somalia tummeln sich die Truppen der Nachbarn: Nach Uganda, Burundi und Kenia hat jetzt Äthiopien Soldaten über die Grenze geschickt. Beim Kampf gegen die Schabab-Milizen haben besonders die Kenianer versagt. In Wirklichkeit geht es um die Vorherrschaft am Horn von Afrika.

Burundian troops killed 18 gunmen in fierce clashes, a government official said today, stoking fears that a new rebellion may erupt in the central African nation.

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopian and Kenyan officials met Thursday for talks on bolstering the African Union force protecting the Somali government, to help stabilise the war-wracked Horn of Africa state. The talks took place at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, a day after Kenya said it was willing to deploy soldiers for the AU Mission for Somalia (AMISOM). "In case a...

Le juge antiterroriste Marc Trevidic, chargé d’enquêter sur les responsables de l’attentat qui a coûté la vie aux présidents du Rwanda et du Burundi en 1994, ainsi...lire la suite