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The Museveni Vs Nkurunziza Feud–Burundi and Great Lakes Region Need Neutral Facilitators

Nkurunzia and Museveni–No Longer at Ease.   [Open Letter: Commentary]   His Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President The Republic of Uganda State House Entebbe, Uganda   14th ...

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Kagame is Rwanda’s one and only, says Ambassador

Last week in Burundi, a rebel force assassinated two of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s top army officers and tossed grenades at an army hospital, injuring ...

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BURUNDI: US SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, told the Senators that she had read the UNHCR reports on Rwandan government conscription ...

Mahama Refugee Camp, near the Rwandan Burundian border

RWANDA CONSCRIPTS BURUNDIAN REFUGEES INTO NEW “REBEL ARMY,” AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFF DRUMTRA

Rwanda’s Mahama Refugee Camp, near the Rwandan Burundian border Western press and officials now warn that the Rwandan massacres of 1994 are close to ...

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OBAMA SINGLES OUT BURUNDI, AMIDST AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION STRUGGLES

US President Barack Obama and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Presidential succession struggles continue in many nations on the African continent, including the vastly resource ...

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RWANDA’S KAGAME TAKES ADVANTAGE OF UNREST IN BURUNDI

Burundian Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe has accused neighboring Rwanda of training rebels to destabilize Burundi with cross border attacks. Rwandan President Paul Kagame responded ...

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Burundi’s tense border with Rwanda

Burundian Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe Incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza has been declared the winner of Burundi’s presidential election, which the Burundian opposition boycotted. Despite ...

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US STILL DEMANDING THAT BURUNDI’S NKURUNZIZA STAND DOWN

UN human rights investigators, in a press release from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have asked the UN Security ...

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BREAKING THE WESTERN CONSENSUS ON BURUNDI

  The U.S., the E.U. and Western media continue to castigate Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza for seeking a third term in office, despite violent ...

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Authoritarian African leaders with a thin veneer of democratic legitimacy

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a third five-year term in office, despite violent street protest, and a failed coup détat. Burundi’s Parliament elected ...