Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Burning barricades in Bujumbura, as turmoil erupted in Burundi. Photo: Desire Nimubona/IRIN 13 October 2015 – The United Nations in Burundi is calling for aid funding for the humanitarian crisis facing the country, which is facing its deepest political crisis since the end of the civil war after President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a […]

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By Kabona Esiara Burundi has expelled a Rwandan diplomat, as tensions between the two East African countries intensify.Though the reason for the expulsion is not clear, the two countries have been locked up in a diplomatic row which has been on for several months. The expelled diplomat Desire Nyaruhirira, a first minister councillor at the […]

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By: Reuters Nairobi - At least eight people died in shootings in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura overnight, an administrator said, and explosions rang out in several districts, the latest in a series of attacks to hit the city since a disputed presidential election. Local residents told Reuters the police were behind the killings and had been accompanied […]

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The EU has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on three Burundi officials accused of ordering excessive force against peaceful protestors. The officials – overseeing intelligence and security bodies – are close to President Pierre Nkurunziza. The EU has also imposed sanctions on a former general who took part in a failed coup in […]

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AFP | 29 September, 2015 13:22 Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza. File photo Image by: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP / AFP The EU is readying sanctions against four associates of Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza after he won a disputed third term, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. The sources told AFP that the European Union had agreed in principle to hit […]

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UN rights chief warns over upsurge in Burundi killings. Picture: AFP The UN human rights chief warned Monday that Burundi risked sliding back into civil war after a dramatic rise in killings, arrests and detentions in the troubled central African country. “Almost every day, dead bodies are found lying on the streets of some of […]

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From The East African By Havyarimana MosesA popular Chinese-owned supermarket in Bujumbura caught fire Monday morning leaving nothing to salvage as fire fighters got overwhelmed by the blaze. A worker at the T2000 supermarket said an electronic fault was to blame for the incident. “Yesterday there was a problem with a fuse box and we […]

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From The Times of India Reuters | Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza speaks during a news conference in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 17, 2015. (Reuters photo) NAIROBI: Burundi’s president has urged the African nation’s military to stay united after a failed assassination attempt against the army chief. The military said three soldiers guarding General Prime Niyongabo and two […]

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By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA, ASSOCIATED PRESS BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Sep 11, 2015, 3:24 PM ET Burundi’s army chief survived an apparent assassination attempt Friday by gunmen who attacked a convoy escorting him in the nation’s volatile capital, witnesses and an official said. The military said six people were killed in the attack. Gunmen wearing military […]

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By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA, ASSOCIATED PRESS BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Burundi’s army chief survived an apparent assassination attempt by gunmen who attacked a convoy of vehicles that was escorting him in the nation’s volatile capital on Friday, witnesses and an official said. Gunmen wearing military fatigues and riding a pick-up truck fired on the convoy of […]

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