Vol 53 No 19 | BURUNDI Aid threatened, conflict up 21st September 2012 Rebel forces have stepped up attacks on government positions ahead of a critical aid conference in Geneva The United Nations officially classes Burundi as a ‘post-conflict nation’ but chronic low-level violence persists. At the beginning of September, a dissident offshoot of the main opposition declared...
Vol 53 No 10 | BURUNDI Killing on the quiet 11th May 2012 The Interior Minister, Edouard Nduwimana, ordered Human Rights Watch to cancel a news conference in Bujumbura on 2 May at which the campaigning organisation had planned to release...
Vol 53 No 3 | BURUNDI Storm over opposition man 3rd February 2012 Tanzania arrested a Burundian seen by many as a man of peace but UN experts say he supports armed rebellion Tanzania released the Burundian opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije on 24 January in what is widely seen as a serious diplomatic and political setback for the government of President...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | BURUNDI Pierre Nkurunziza 2nd October 2012 President, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was in India 17-19 September to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee. He left with a US$80 million credit line...