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Burundi: Government Investigations Ignore State Abuses

Edit Modern Ghana 13 Apr 2016
By Human Rights Watch (HRW). The findings of a Burundian commission of inquiry into allegations of extrajudicial executions by members of the security forces on December 11, 2015, in the capital, Bujumbura, are misleading and biased, Human Rights Watch said today ... Most of them have denied or downplayed serious abuses by state agents ... Unidentified men killed two ruling party officials in Bururi and Makamba provinces on March 15 ... Col....

Burundi: Government Investigations Ignore State Abuses (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). (Nairobi) - The findings of a Burundian commission of inquiry into allegations of extrajudicial executions by members of the security forces on December 11, 2015, in the capital, Bujumbura, are misleading and biased ... 'These inquiries have covered up state abuses and have not led to justice.' ... Unidentified men killed two ruling party officials in Bururi and Makamba provinces on March 15 ... Col ... (noodl....

Officials: Gunmen Kill Three Administrators in Burundi Since Friday

Edit Voa News 17 Mar 2016
Reuters. NAIROBI—. Gunmen have killed three local administrators in various parts of Burundi since Friday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence since President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term in office that his opponents say was unconstitutional ... In another incident on Tuesday, gunmen killed another village head in Mugamba district in Bururi province, 70 kilometers from Bujumbura, a resident in the province said ... ....

Burundi: 2 officials slain in gun attacks in rural areas

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 16 Mar 2016
... in his region while the other official was attacked by gunmen in Bururi province....

Burundi Shootings Kill Three, Target Ruling Party Officials

Edit Bloomberg 16 Mar 2016
Two people were shot dead late Tuesday by unidentified gunmen in Bururi province, including the leader of a local branch of the ruling CNDD-FDD, regional Governor Christian Nkurunziza said by phone ... ....

Energy equity for vulnerable children in Burundi (UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Nov 2015
(Source. UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund) ... BURURI, Burundi, 11 November 2015 - Perched atop of one of Burundi's thousand hills, in a landscape dotted by the occasional coffee bush, lies Muzima, a tiny village with a handful of homes 12 km (7.5 mi) from the nearest town ... Those whose homes are tucked away in the remote corners of Bururi province can walk as far as 15 km to charge a mobile phone - a costly, time-consuming exercise....

Burundi counting votes after presidential election

Edit Press TV 22 Jul 2015
According to the official, the turnout was low in southwestern Bururi Province and Bujumbura.Members of Burundi’s Independent National Electoral Commission count votes at a polling station at the University of Burundi, in Bujumbura, July 21, 2015. (© AFP).   ... ....

Burundi counts votes after presidential polls

Edit Taipei Times 22 Jul 2015
Vote counting was under way in Burundi yesterday, the day after a presidential election marred by violence and international condemnation that is expected to see Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza win a controversial third term ... Ndayicariye said turnout was depressed in Bururi Province and Bujumbura, the epicenter of three months of anti-government protests where gunfire and grenade blasts could be heard as polls opened ... ....

Children bearing brunt of ongoing political instability and violence in Burundi, UN warns

Edit United Nations 03 Jul 2015
Print ... Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UNICEF spokesperson Christophe Boulierac said one of the children died because of a grenade explosion in the Muyinga province, becoming the first child victim of the violence outside of the capital city of Bujumbura ... UNICEF has also confirmed that a second grenade attack took place on a school ground on 29 June before the proceeding of the voting in the Bururi province ... Boulierac concluded ... Mr....

Children bearing brunt of ongoing political instability and violence in Burundi, UN warns (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jul 2015
(Source. UN - United Nations) Children bearing brunt of ongoing political instability and violence in Burundi, UN warns. Two Burundian child refugees in Mahama refugee camp, Eastern Province, Rwanda Photo. UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1378/Pflanz ... UNICEF has also confirmed that a second grenade attack took place on a school ground on 29 June before the proceeding of the voting in the Bururi province ... Boulierac concluded ... Mr ... News Tracker ... (noodl....

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jul 2015
(Source. UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Where global solutions are shaped for you . News & Media ... Activities of the Secretary-General ... The launch would take place that day at 4.15 p.m. EST (10.15 a.m. EST) in Oslo and would be webcast live at www.webtv.un.org ... Geneva Activities ... Mr ... UNICEF confirmed that a second grenade attack took place on a school ground on 29 June before the proceeding of the voting in the Bururi province....

Despite political instability and tensions in Burundi, Sant'Egidio continues the prayer and closeness to the poor / We have received from the Community of Bujumbura a story of the last weeks. Prayer for peace and solidarity to resist violence (Comunità di S Egidio)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2015
(Source. Comunità di S Egidio). Burundi is going through a very delicate and difficult time, linked to the renewal of the office of the President of the Republic ... We receive an update of the situation from Bujumbura. ... "We were worried ... Finally, note that, apart from Bujumbura, the Community has continued to live in friendship with the poor in the provinces of Ngozi, Kayanza, Gitega, Makamba, Bururi and Gihanga. distributed by ... (noodl....

Catholic Church scraps support for Burundi polls, EU suspends mission

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 May 2015
Burundi's influential Catholic Church said Thursday it was withdrawing support for June elections in the crisis-hit country, as the EU announced it was also suspending its mission to observe the vote ... "In the eyes of God, that would be slavery to evil," Bashimiyubusa said ... Outside the capital, around 2,000 people attended the funeral of a teenager killed on Wednesday in Matana in the southern province of Bururi ... ....
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