2008-10-13
36 Burundian Refugees Repatriated
In the last eight months, 36 Burundian refugees living in Rwanda have been repatriated.2008-10-11
New Peacekeepers Fly Into Mogadishu
Up to 400 African Union (AU) peacekeepers arrived on Saturday in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital according to sources close to AMISOM troops. 2008-10-06
Fighting for Land
Thousands of Burundians have returned home after years of refugee life in Tanzania, but finding shelter and enough land to farm remains a challenge. 2008-10-06
Country's Rival Ethnic Groups Learn to Live Side By Side in UN-Backed Pilot Project
Displaced people from Burundi's rival Hutu and Tutsi groups are being resettled side by side under a pilot project funded by the United Nations refugee agency aimed at seeking reconciliation and binding up the wounds of decades of bloody ethnic violence in the small central African country. 2008-10-04
Rival Ethnic Groups Learn to Live Side By Side
Displaced people from Burundi's rival Hutu and Tutsi groups are being resettled side by side under a pilot project funded by the United Nations refugee agency aimed at seeking reconciliation and binding up the wounds of decades of bloody ethnic violence in the small central African country. 2008-10-04
Burundi Strengthens Security Ties
Director of Prisons, ACP Balinda Steven (L) and head of Burundi delegation Gabriel Nizigama at Ministry of Internal Affairs conference room. 2008-10-03
Regional Teams Confirmed for Rutsindura Memorial
Two teams from Uganda and Burundi have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Rutsindura memorial tournament due this weekend in Huye, Southern Province. 2008-10-02
National Consultative Committee to Speed Up EAC Integration
Just 11 months after both Rwanda and Burundi joined the East African community, the sensitization and integration process for the East African community commenced. 2008-09-26
Learning to Live Together in One Village
Years ago, Mammert Buregeya, a 54-year-old displaced Burundian Tutsi, would probably have refused to live in Muriza "peace village" because that would bring him close to Hutu returnees. 2008-09-24
Denise Nzohabonayo - "We Are Here Because We Have No Land to Go To"
Denise Nzohabonayo, a mother of four, was repatriated from Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania in July 2008 to the Nyabitare transit site near Ruyigi in eastern Burundi. After a month, stranded and with no home to return to, Nzohabonayo left Nyabitare for Muriza Butaganzwa commune, also in Ruyigi, in the hope that she would finally get some permanent shelter for her family. Being a landless returnee is not easy, as Nzohabonayo told IRIN. 2008-09-23
Thanda Eye Burundi International
Despite enjoying early good form in the Absa Premiership, Thanda Royal Zulu believe that they still need to reinforce their squad this season and have since turned to Burundi and brought in defender Banza Hussein. |
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