http://www.news24.com/Tags/Places/burundi Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:39:02 +0200 A Burundian television journalist, who has disappeared, is being detained by the country's intelligence services, the Burundian Journalists' Union says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-journalist-held-in-secret-prison-20130614 For the crowded and grossly impoverished country of Burundi, struggling to rebuild after decades of unrest and war, land is one of the most emotive issues of all. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-a-nation-divided-over-land-20130607 The UN leader Ban Ki-moon has slammed a new law passed by Burundi’s government that he says would have a "negative impact" on press freedom. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-slams-negative-Burundi-media-law-20130606 The number of children killed, maimed, abused and recruited to fight in Somalia has dropped by more than half in the first quarter of 2013, the UN says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Somalia-cases-of-child-abuse-halved-20130603 Two people have been killed after a bus carrying 30 passengers was ambushed by armed men believed to be ex-rebels near Burundi's capital Bujumbura. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-bus-ambush-2-killed-20130519 The World Bank says a trading bloc of East African economies is making it easier for businesses to work, but performance varies widely. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/East-African-body-makes-business-easier-20130502 A journalist in Burundi has sustained serious gunshot wounds after a police officer he saw extorting money from men carrying fruit to market opened fire on him, witnesses say. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-reporter-shot-by-police-officer-20130427 Burundi lawmakers have approved a draft media law that forces journalists to reveal sources, threatens reporters with financial penalties and bans news about the local currency. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-parly-passes-tough-media-law-20130404 Burundi police have clashed with Catholic followers of a woman who claims to see visions of the Virgin Mary, leaving at least six people dead and 35 wounded. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-cops-clash-with-Catholics-6-die-20130312 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend a signing ceremony next week in Addis Ababa for an accord aimed at pacifying the eastern DRC, his spokesperson says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-peace-agreement-set-to-be-signed-20130218 The collapse of a peace deal for troubled eastern DRC has overshadowed a summit meeting of AU leaders, as efforts continue to drum up support for military intervention in war-torn Mali. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/DRC-Mali-conflicts-overshadow-AU-summit-20130128 A Burundian appeal court has cut the life sentence of journalist Hassan Ruvakuki to three years, judges say, reducing the charges from terrorism to membership of a gang. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-court-cuts-journalist-jail-term-20130108 Burundi, a small central African nation with a long history of rebellion, unrest and inter-ethnic killings, is sliding into authoritarianism, analysts warn. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-slides-to-authoritarian-rule-20121130 Burundi's tax revenues rose 11% year-on-year to $294.6m in the 10 months to October, due partly to improving business activity, its revenue body says. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Burundi-tax-revenues-rise-11-20121127 Burundi's coffee revenues fell 29% in October from the month before, tracking lower international prices, the country's industry regulator says. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Burundi-coffee-revenues-fall-29-20121120 Burundi has secured more than $2bn in aid from international donors after requesting help toward financing development programmes over the next four years. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-gets-2bn-in-aid-20121030 Seven defence ministers from Africa's central Great Lakes region have met in Goma in eastern DRC to try to tackle unrest there, a statement says. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Defence-ministers-meet-on-DRC-20120817 Burundi's anti-corruption court has sentenced an anti-graft activist to five years in jail for "false declarations". http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-anti-graft-activist-gets-5-years-20120724 The Burundian army has executed a former spy chief who was believed to head a new rebel group and was captured by troops in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-has-executed-rebel-leader-20120606 A Burundian court has convicted 14 people of killing a prominent anti-corruption activist in 2009, despite assertions from human rights groups that it ignored FBI evidence to jail the wrong people. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-jails-14-for-murder-of-activist-20120524