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¤ Fatal Bar Shooting Exposes Burundi’s Instability
 Gunmen opened fire in a crowded bar, killing more than 30 and exposing how combustible Burundi is a year after a disputed election. | ¤ Five African Countries Form a Common Market
The East African Community has a goal of becoming a monetary union, and perhaps eventually a single nation. | ¤ Opposition Calls Election in Burundi a ‘Masquerade’
Politicians boycotting the presidential election denounced the president on Wednesday after a vote in which only one candidate — the incumbent — stood for office. | ¤ Surviving in the City, Against All Odds
 The story of a young medical student from Burundi who escapes civil war and genocide and manages to flee to New York City, where he finds both hardship and charity. | ¤ Congo’s Militias Lure Former Rebels From Burundi
Since Burundi’s civil war ended in April, recruiters have been paying former combatants to fight in Congo. | ¤ A Death in Burundi
Claude Niyokindi’s life was testament to how a small country in Africa is healing itself after years of war. | ¤ N.F.L. ROUNDUP; Trip by Jets Defensive Lineman Was Precarious but Inspirational
New York Jet lineman Kenyon Coleman says he was scared when armed men surrounded car he was riding in during mission to Burundi; party was allowed to continue when rebels realized he was not oft-threatened President Pierre Nkurunziza | ¤ After 15 Years, Hints of Peace in Burundi
 A cease-fire signed in late May is still holding, and for the first time all the decision makers including top rebel leaders are all in the same place, in the capital, Bujumbura. | ¤ The Exigent City
Increasingly, refugee camps have become de facto cities, and cities have become extended refugee camps. Is there a place here for architects? | ¤ Our Gas Guzzlers, Their Lives
 Subsistence villagers in Africa will pay with their lives for our refusal to curb greenhouse gas emissions. |
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¤ BURUNDI: Fears of looming food shortage
 BUJUMBURA 27 January 2012 (IRIN) - There are fears of a looming food shortage in Burundi after heavy rains damaged two successive harvests, say officials. | ¤ FILM: Our most-watched films of 2011
 NAIROBI 28 December 2011 (IRIN) - Launched in 2004, IRIN’s film unit has won numerous awards for its productions, several of which have been aired by prominent international broadcasters. Here is a list of the unit’s most-watched films in 2011. | ¤ CLIMATE CHANGE: Durban or bust - the Trans-African Caravan of Hope
 KAMPALA 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Brandishing a plea for developed countries to make good their promises to reduce carbon emissions, 300 farmers, youths and activists took the scenic route to the COP17 conference in Durban, travelling more than 7,000km from Burundi in 17 days, through 10 eastern and southern African countries, aboard a convoy of buses draped in various national flags. | ¤ HIV/AIDS: Feeling the pinch
 JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI 01 December 2011 (IRIN) - Faced with the global economic downturn and less money from donors, national HIV programmes in East and Southern Africa - the region hardest hit by HIV/AIDS - are struggling to stay afloat. IRIN/PlusNews brings you a wrap of countries feeling the biggest pinch. | ¤ BURUNDI: A new rebellion?
 BUJUMBURA 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - Amid growing concerns about a wave of political assassinations in Burundi, a former police officer has announced the formation of a new armed group, with the aim of overthrowing a government he accuses of numerous killings, rampant corruption and economic incompetence. | ¤ MIGRATION: Rwandan refugees reluctant to repatriate
 JOHANNESBURG 02 November 2011 (IRIN) - Rwandans who fled the 1994 genocide and sought asylum in other countries will lose their refugee status by the end of June 2012 if the countries hosting them follow a recommendation by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). | ¤ GREAT LAKES: At risk of "war for food, space"
 KIGALI 01 November 2011 (IRIN) - High population density, low government support for agriculture, and poor infrastructure and farming methods have resulted in chronic food insecurity in Africa's Great Lakes region, experts say, despite a climate conducive to growing various crops. | ¤ FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid
 JOHANNESBURG 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers. | ¤ WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA: Cholera thriving two years on
 DAKAR 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - Three simultaneous cholera epidemics have affected 24 countries in West and Central Africa, with 85,000 infections and 2,466 deaths since the beginning of 2011, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). | ¤ HEALTH: Keeping a measure on malaria
 NEW YORK 22 September 2011 (IRIN) - The African Leaders Malaria Alliance has launched a scorecard to improve the fight against malaria on the African continent. “This,” said Agnes Bingwaho, Rwanda’s Health Minister, holding up the laminated scorecard, “is something that will help Africa make progress.” |
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