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Burundi (pronounced ), officially the Republic of Burundi (, ; , ), is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
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The farmers in Afgoye, a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu long controlled by Islamist militants, didn't even wait to clear away the bullet casings from last week's battles before filling up trucks with produce to drive into the capital.
Farmers here are rejoicing at the taking of Afgoye by African Union peacekeepers on Friday after three days of fighting because they will no longer have to pay up to 50 percent of their crops in "taxes" to al-Shabab militants. The military operation marked the AU's biggest success in Somalia since the peacekeepers pushed the militants from the capital Mogadishu last August.Since Afgoye's fall, dozens of vehicles carrying fresh fruits and vegetables have traveled from the farm town into the Somali capital, which last year experienced the region's worst famine in 18 years. The famine was declared over in January.Some farmers hope they will be able to produce more crops now that the insurgents have been driven out. Tractors were already out in the fields ...BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — An official says a grenade has exploded near the offices of the European Union election observer mission in Burundi hours before residents ...
The United States is warning Americans of the potential for terrorist attacks in the east African nations of Burundi and Uganda next month, possibly by Somali extrem...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A survey by an anti-corruption watchdog says Burundi is the most corrupt country in East Africa .Transparency International released findings T...
Somalia's top militant group is threatening attacks against Burundi and Uganda, months after bombings in Uganda's capital killed 76 people watching the World Cup fin...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Ten grenade attacks, including a blast near the European Union election observer office, have suppressed voter turnout in this tiny East Af...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Attackers in Burundi chopped off the limbs of a 5-year-old albino boy and pulled out his mother's eye, killing them over the belief that their ...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Five presidential candidates in Burundi's upcoming elections say they're withdrawing from the race because of rigged voting.The candidates ...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Grenades cost as little as $3 each in this tiny East African country, and they have become the preferred method of settling political score...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — French investigators said Monday they will try to find out who shot down the plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi in 1994, spark...
Bad as the twin blasts that rocked the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Sunday were—and with a death toll of at least 74, they represent a considerable tragedy—the over...
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Al Qaeda linked militants claimed to have killed 70 foreign African Union peacekeepers but an eyewitness said many of the bodies put on display...
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is sending nearly $45 million in military equipment, including four small drones, to Uganda and Burundi to help battle the escalating terr...
Armed men from Congo burst into a pub in the central African nation of Burundi and killed 36 people, an official said Monday. One wounded man said an attacker yelled...
Sepp Blatter's reform of FIFA will continue on Friday when delegates at the 62nd FIFA Congress review a set of proposals aimed at modernizing the way world soccer's ...
Sepp Blatter said Tuesday he expects the FIFA Congress of world soccer nations to be a lot calmer than the last one."I am an optimist. I am sure it is a very positiv...
FIFA President Sepp Blatter's anti-corruption drive hit another delay on Tuesday, even as soccer's world governing body appointed the first woman to its inner circle...
American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful i...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The tiny east African nations of Rwanda and Burundi have both asked human rights researchers from a New York-based organization to leave their ...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Grenade attacks wounded two people overnight across Burundi, just hours after polls closed in the country's presidential election, official...
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