Chief Mediator, Charles Nqakula, is expected to table South Africa's final report on the Burundi Peace Process at the summit to be held in Arusha, Tanzania on Friday.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
Next year's elections in Burundi, billed as a milestone on the country's long road to sustainable peace, could trigger more conflict because of a combination of widespread illegal weapons and well-organized youth wings of political parties, according to analysts.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
The American government’s new special adviser on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, comes to the post with the best part of three decades’ experience in the Africa policies of U.S. administrations behind him. In the second of a two-part interview with AllAfrica, he discusses how the Obama administration could improve its diplomacy and strengthen peace-building in Central Africa.
BURUNDI'S Tresor Ntwari and Jeremie Minani started as underdogs and shocked all including experienced Kenyan pair of Silas Makiso and Joseph Waigajo in the final of the Club International Beach Volleyball Championship over the weekend.
Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
The long awaited Burundi Revenue Authority (BRA) is set to start operations in January next year.
Burundi left nothing to chance as they arrived in the country yesterday for the fourth edition of the Club Beer International Beach Volleyball tournament set for this weekend at Lido Resort Beach in Entebbe.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda yesterday left for Burundi to attend the international conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) heads of State and Government round-table conference.
