Since sweeping the presidential and parliamentary elections unopposed in May 2010, Nkurunziza’s second term has been criticized by international human rights organizations over human rights abuses, including the 10-month imprisonment of journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, and violent unrest threatening a fragile peace agreement signed after a 13-year civil war, according to news reports. In response to [...]
Former Ghanaian star Anthony Baffoe says the Black Stars face a tough task in their quest for a place in the 2014 World Cup. Ghana were drawn in Group D together with Zambia, Sudan and the winner of the Lesotho Burundi eliminator. Baffoe told SuperSport.com in a telephone interview from Colombia where he is a [...]
The draw for the 2014 World Cup held in the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro over the weekend has sparked mix-reactions from various quarters of the football establishment in Ghana. Soccer crazy Ghanaians, beside themselves with an incredible sense of optimism, are of the opinion that drawing Sudan, Zambia and either Lesotho or Burundi [...]
(AFP) – 6 days ago BUJUMBURA — A court in Burundi on Monday found a Frenchman guilty of raping five teenagers, giving him a 25-year jail sentence and a fine of 14,000 euros ($20,000). Patrice Faye, 58, was accused of raping five girls aged 13 to 17 — students at a school he set up [...]
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Friday’s hearing was postponed until Monday, 1 August 2011, because of a lawyers’ strike. Two other RPA journalists at its regional bureau in the northern city of Ngozi, bureau chief Léonce Niyongabo and reporter Yvette Murekesabe, were summoned by a Ngozi prosecutor on Friday for the purposes of “judicial investigation” and will be questioned again [...]
Burundi intends to catch up to EAC partners with optic fibre connection For Amida Issa, a Burundian journalist with Deutsche Welle, a German radio station, the internet is a vital work tool. Through the internet, Amida’s broadcasting stories are delivered with crisper sound than when she had to rely on the telephone. But this quality, [...]
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Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type Even if you train with Gilbert Tuhabonye, the jovial, drum-thumping, “run with joy”-shouting Austin coach, and you know his story of traveling miles every day to fill jugs from creeks, it’s hard to imagine living someplace without easily accessible water. It’s even harder to comprehend the [...]
LONDON, United-Kingdom, July 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Burundian government should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed amid an ongoing dispute with the government, Amnesty International said today, as a national lawyers’ strike continues. Head of the Bar Association Isidore Rufikiri was arrested on 27 July after speaking at a rally in the [...]
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Gryphon Minerals (GRY) Broker Calls Credit Suisse – BUY Deutsche – BUY RBC – BUY RBS Morgans – BUY Argonaut – BUY Eagle Research – BUY Alpha Broking – BUY Chart: Share price over the year to 04/08/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) Gryphon Minerals (GRY), a West African focussed Gold exploration company with projects [...]
Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]