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Burundi moved closer to qualification for the semi-final of the on-going Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup when they beat defending champions Sudan 1-0 at Bugembe Stadium, Jinja last evening.
Burundi who have never won the regional Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup have said this is their time to prove a point that they are ready to win the trophy.
Ahmed Dirie Ali, a spokesman of Hawiye Traditional Elders has denounced the request of Uganda and Burundi from the African Union to send war planes and military equipment into Somalia to fight the Somali insurgents on Tuesday.
UGANDA is reconsidering the continued presence of her forces in Somalia following the pull-out of Ethiopian forces from the volatile country.
The release of the first 80 prisoners detained over their affiliation with a rebel group, the Parti pour la Liberation du Peuple Hutu-Forces Nationales de Libération (Palipehutu-FNL), has begun, following a decree issued by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on 30 December 2008.
SUDAN and Zambia bounced into Bugembe brimming with confidence only to be trimmed by lightweights. But Zambia and Burundi, the top two teams in the group B, edged closer to the semi-finals of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.
Burundi proved too strong for Djibouti whom they thumped 4-0 last evening in a Group B match played at Bugembe stadium in the on-going Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
THE spotlight turns to Bugembe today with a Burundi versus Zambia encounter that has all the markings of a thriller. Free flowing attacking football is what the two sides have so far treated the Jinja crowd to in the 35th CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup's group of death.
The United Nations Security Council today called on the Government of Burundi and the last major rebel holdout to complete the final phase of their peace process by the end of this year and desist from any action that could lead to a resumption of hostilities in a country that has been torn by ethnic conflicts for over four decades.
Emphasizing the need for the international community to maintain its support for peace consolidation and long-term development in Burundi, the Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office country, known as BINUB, for one year, until 31 December 2009.
The long saga of hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled to Tanzania to escape decades of ethnic conflict in their small homeland is finally approaching its end with the last camps closing down as the refugees return home or integrate into the host country, the United Nations reported today.
Health workers in Burundi have been on strike since 24 November demanding better pay
The transport ministers of three countries are meeting in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam over the railway line project from Dar es Salaam port via Isaka 'dry port' to Kigali.
RWANDA's rugby federation (RRF) has been invited by their Burundi counterparts for a series of friendly games next month reports.
The recent signing of a peace agreement between the government of Burundi and a rebel opposition party is good news for the country and the region. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni who is the chairperson of the regional Burundi Peace Initiative, presided over the signing of the Peace Agreement between the government led by President Pierre Nkurunziza and the opposition party, the Peripehutu of ...
The world's leading retailer and roaster of specialty coffee, Starbucks, has included coffee from Burundi's northern province of Kayanza to be sold in its stores in the USA.
There is no better way to end the year than the reassuring message of hope that Burundi is on the verge of return to normalcy.
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