Strategic Thinking on East Africa

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 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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BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Sep 8, 2015, 7:20 AM ET By The Associated Press Associated Press Associated Press The spokesman for an opposition party in Burundi was shot and killed on Monday outside his home in the capital, the leader of the party said Tuesday. Patrice Gahungu of the opposition UPD Zigamibanga was assassinated by unknown […]

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From The East African By Trevor AnaloSenior Burundian officials say they are in support of dialogue between the government and opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s administration, adding that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has failed to bring both sides to the negotiating table. Last week, President Nkurunziza sent emissaries to Kampala, following his surprise inauguration last […]

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Four killed in fresh Burundi unrestAt least four people have died in renewed clashes in Burundi, where tensions remain high following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial re-election, officials and witnesses said Wednesday. Police and witnesses said clashes erupted overnight in several parts of the central African nation’s capital Bujumbura, with the night marked by sporadic gunfire and […]

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  By HAVYARINMANA MOSES More by this Author Heavy gunfire and shelling rocked Burundi’s capital Bujumbura for the first time since last month’s controversial swearing-in of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Police were Wednesday morning yet to comment on the overnight shelling and shooting. However, a Musaga suburb resident said one person was killed during the shootings […]

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