Teacher fled ethnic violence in Burundi (The Toledo Blade)

By MARK ZABORNEY BLADE STAFF WRITER Gaudence Nahigombeye, 54, a Waite High School French teacher who came to the United States to escape ethnic violence in her home country, Burundi, died Tuesday in Flower Hospital. She was in ill health the last year. Liver damage was among the effects of a tropical parasite contracted in her youth and that lay dormant, said Denis Eble, a friend. She last ...

Church toilet twinned with outhouse in Burundi, Africa (Northern Echo)

A TOILET in a North-East church has been twinned with one in a remote village in Africa.

Soldier killed in Burundi army base shoot-out (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Two Burundian soldiers went on a shooting spree Saturday, killing a colleague and wounding a civilian in the latest in a string of incidents involving the army, a spokesman said.

Burundi opens trial of 'mutinous' peacekeepers (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Burundi on Thursday began trying 33 soldiers accused of mutiny while serving as peacekeepers with the African Union force in Somalia.

BURUNDI: Female ex-combatants picking up the pieces (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN By age 15, Annonciata Nduwimana was an accomplished fighter for Burundi's opposition Forces nationales de liberation and knew how to kill in battle.

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

"It may happen that some EPZ firms were exporting to EAC countries but with the coming of the common market, selling to Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda or Burundi will no longer be regarded as exporting. This means that some EPZ firms will lose the incentives they used to be enjoying as exporters," he said.

Kenya committed to resolution of Sudan conflict (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)

President Mwai Kibaki Monday at his Harambee House Office met and held discussions with members of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel on the Darfur led by former Presidents, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Pierre Buyoya of Burundi.

Long term observers (AllAfrica.com)

If the proposals are adopted, the EAC, will put together a team of long-term observers, not just for the Burundi elections, but also for the other partner states to ensure harmonisation and standardisation of electoral processes.

Burundi tries 'mutinous peacekeepers' (Independent Online)

Burundi is trying 33 soldiers accused of mutiny while serving as peacekeepers with the African Union force in Somalia.

New Somalia government offensive against Al Shabab (The Christian Science Monitor)

The weak, transitional Somalia government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy if newly trained forces can push back the militant Islamist group, Al Shabab.