Burundi

Uneven progress on child stunting in East and Central Africa

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Posted by admin 65 days ago (Editorial)

NAIROBI 16 April 2013 (IRIN) - Improvements in nutrition and stronger government policies have led to a decline in childhood stunting, according to a new report on child nutrition. However, the condition continues to affect some 165 million children under the age of five globally.

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In-Depth: More to it than just land - lessons from Burundi

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Posted by admin 209 days ago (Editorial)

BUJUMBURA 21 November 2012 (IRIN) - More than half a million Burundian refugees have returned home over the last 10 years as the effects of a 2000 peace accord took hold. Many have returned to their land, and most have received assistance with shelter, food, health and education.

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Analysis: Burundi’s bumpy road to the 2015 polls

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Posted by admin 230 days ago (Editorial)

BUJUMBURA 01 November 2012 (IRIN) - The two billion US dollars pledged by donors on 30 October to support Burundi’s development sounds like a ringing endorsement of the central African country’s progress from civil war to peace and democracy.

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BURUNDI: State still accused of killings, cover-ups

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Posted by admin 252 days ago (Editorial)

BUJUMBURA 10 October 2012 (IRIN) - With a couple of clicks, a photo appeared on the Burundian human rights activist’s computer screen: a hillside; a prone, male body, its severed head lying next to it; another man, naked, sitting, ankles and wrists bound, still alive when the photo was taken but since deceased; the uniformed legs of several other men, allegedly police, standing over the scene; th

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BURUNDI-TANZANIA: A troubled homecoming

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Posted by admin 247 days ago (Editorial)

BUJUMBURA 15 October 2012 (IRIN) - The imminent return of more than 35,000 Burundians from Tanzania poses major logistical challenges to aid agencies and the densely populated country they fled amid civil war almost 20 years ago. The return could degenerate into a “humanitarian disaster” if they ignore a 31 December deadline to leave willingly and end up being deported en masse.

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BURUNDI: Towards greater food security

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Posted by admin 243 days ago (Editorial)

BUJUMBURA 19 October 2012 (IRIN) - Burundi, despite being potentially self-sufficient in food, has the highest level of hunger of all the 79 countries listed in the 2012 Global Hunger Index, published earlier this month by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide.

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FOOD: We want wheat - Africa's growing cereal demand

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Posted by admin 252 days ago (Editorial)

ADDIS ABABA 10 October 2012 (IRIN) - Bread, pies, pasta and pastries - changing African diets, the result of urbanization, are driving a demand for wheat that is pushing up import bills and complicating food security.

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EAST AFRICA: Regional HIV Bill passed without criminalization clause

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Posted by admin 410 days ago (Editorial)

NAIROBI 27 April 2012 (IRIN) - East Africa's Legislative Assembly has passed a regional HIV/AIDS Bill that seeks to protect the rights of people living with HIV and harmonize regional legislation and policy on the prevention and treatment of HIV.