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	Burundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.
		Burundi is a landlocked country with an equatorial climate.
		The farthest headstream of the Nile is in Burundi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burundi (1460 words)

	Burundi - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burundi is a small landlocked nation in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
		Burundi existed as an independent kingdom from the sixteenth century.
		After several years of civil war and interethnic violence Burundi a cease-fire is currently standing, mostly due to the international presence in the country.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Burundi (205 words)

	President of Burundi Asks for Continued Security Council Assistance to End Violence, Keep Peace Process on Track; While ...
		The seventeenth regional summit on Burundi was held in Pretoria on 11 October.
		The Government of Burundi and the members of seven opposition parties agreed on the legal framework for and the structure of the transitional Government, the composition of the Cabinet, the Senate and the transitional National Assembly.
		The summit participants called for an impartial multinational presence in Burundi to serve as a confidence-building measure in support of the Arusha peace process, in general, and, in particular, the imminent inauguration of the interim Government of Burundi.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2002/sc7294.html (1440 words)

	Pierre Nkurunziza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		18 December 1963) is the President of Burundi and chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD).
		Nkurunziza was born in 1963 in Burundi's capital city of Bujumbura.
		He was elected president unopposed by members of parliament (acting as an electoral college) on 19 August 2005 and took office on 26 August 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Nkurunziza (417 words)

	IRI : Around The Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burundi is a landlocked country in the center of Africa.
		It is bound by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, Lake Tanganyika to the southwest and Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) to the west.
		Today, Burundi continues to teeter between continuing violence and political instability and there is the prospect that a successful multi-party negotiations would offer a framework for resolution of the country's long-standing crisis of governance.
	www.iri.org /countries.asp?id=0000000033 (836 words)

	Burundi (10/05)
		In November 1995, the presidents of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire announced a regional initiative for a negotiated peace in Burundi facilitated by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere.
		A joint session of the parliament elected Pierre Nkurunziza as President of Burundi on August 19, 2005 in a vote of 151 to 9 with one abstention, establishing the post-transition government.
		Burundi is a member of various international and regional organizations, including the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the African Union, and the African Development Bank, and became a member of COMESA, the free-tariff zone of eastern and southern Africa, in 2004.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2821.htm (3094 words)

	Ex-rebel leader elected Burundi president - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A former Hutu rebel leader was chosen by lawmakers as Burundi's president Friday, culminating an internationally mediated effort that hopes to bring peace to a central African nation wrecked by a dozen years of ethnic war.
		The newly elected president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, speaks to members of the upper and lower houses of parliament Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, in Bujumbura, Burundi.
		BUJUMBURA, Burundi --A former Hutu rebel leader was chosen by lawmakers as Burundi's president Friday, culminating an internationally mediated effort that hopes to bring peace to a central African nation wrecked by a dozen years of ethnic war.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/08/19/ex_rebel_leader_elected_burundi_president (806 words)

	PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI
		Emerging from crisis and entering a stage of national reconstruction and recovery, Burundi required significant support from its friends, the international community and specifically from donors and development partners, Pierre Nkurunziza, the recently elected President of Burundi, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
		Nkurunziza was inaugurated on 26 August as the first democratically elected President since the start of Burundi’s civil war in 1993 after his party, the Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD), scored a decisive victory in national elections.
		President Nkurunziza replied that the Summit had certainly not been a failure. Of course, there were “problems here and there”, but steps had already been taken to reduce poverty, for instance. There were also hopes for the very poor countries.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2005/050916_Burundi.doc.htm (749 words)

	Burundi News
		Burundi's new president, former Hutu rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza, wants to create a new national holiday and build a memorial to honour the victims of the country's 12-year ethnically driven civil war.
		Burundi has postponed the opening day for grade one primary pupils since ill-equipped institutions cannot yet accommodate an expected surge in enrolment after free primary education was introduced.
		Pierre Nkurunziza, 40, sworn is as the nation's president on Friday for a five-year transition period was born in 1964 at Mwumba in the northern province of Ngozi.
	www.topix.net /world/burundi (1105 words)

	PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI ASKS FOR CONTINUED SECURITY COUNCIL ASSISTANCE TO END VIOLENCE, KEEP PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK
		Burundi's President, Pierre Buyoya, this morning called on the Security Council to use its resources to compel the rebels in his country to give up violence, stressing that, if diplomatic efforts were not successful, other means would have to be taken to prevent the current peace process being held hostage.
		The Facilitator of the Burundi peace process, appointed by African heads of State, is former South African President Nelson Mandela. In January 2000, the Secretary-General appointed Berhanu Dinka (Ethiopia) as his Special Representative for the Great Lakes region.
		On 1 November, a power-sharing plan came into force that allows for a Hutu and Tutsi President to alternate at the helm of the country. The first term will be for 18 months. The two main Hutu rebel groups have rejected the Facilitator’s plan and have vowed to continue fighting the Tutsi-dominated army.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2002/sc7294.doc.htm (671 words)

	PolitInfo.com - Ex-Hutu Rebel Elected President in Burundi - Aug 19, 2005 Nairobi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burundi's parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday in favor of Pierre Nkurunziza as the country's new president.
		Burundi's former rebel leader, Pierre Nkurunziza, has been sworn in as the country's first elected leader, marking the end of 12 years of civil war.
		Burundi's newly-elected Parliament has chosen former Hutu rebel commander Pierre Nkurunziza to be the war-torn central African nation's first president since civil war erupted in 1993.
	www.politinfo.com /articles/article_2005_08_19_1927.html (778 words)

	Burundi president concedes defeat - Boston.com - Africa - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burundi's president conceded defeat Wednesday after provisional results showed that rebels who laid down their arms to run for parliament won 58 percent of the vote.
		BUJUMBURA, Burundi --Burundi's president conceded defeat Wednesday after provisional results showed that rebels who laid down their arms to run for parliament won 58 percent of the vote.
		The Front for Democracy in Burundi, a Hutu party like the Forces for the Defense of Democracy, came in second with 22 percent of votes for the 101-seat National Assembly, Aster Kana, spokesman of the Independent Electoral Commission, told The Associated Press.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/06/burundi_president_concedes_defeat (417 words)

	South African Official Opposes Changes to Draft Burundi Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The South African deputy president is being criticized for opposing an amendment to Burundi's draft constitution.
		President Ndayizeye's party and the main former Hutu rebel group that is now in government oppose his proposal, accusing the president of wanting to hold onto power beyond his term, as outlined in the power-sharing agreement that brought him into office.
		Burundi is struggling to recover from an 11-year civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-01-26-voa23.cfm (546 words)

	Burundi president sacks deputy
		BUJUMBURA (AFP) - President Domitien Ndayizeye of Burundi has sacked his deputy Alphonse-Marie Kadege, the president's spokesman told AFP, two days after Kadege said he doubted a crucial constitutional referendum could be held as planned later this month.
		The development throws yet another spanner in the delicate works of Burundi's transition from an 11-year-old war fuelled by ethnic tensions to sustainable peace, and from a three-year interim government to permanent institutions headed by elected officials.
		The next day, the president's spokesman said it was "dismaying to hear that from the mouth of a member of the government.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=33325 (470 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Princess for president in Burundi
		Burundi's last king was killed in 1972 and the country was locked in a brutal civil war for much of the last decade.
		Ms Kamatari fled Burundi in 1970 after members of the royal family were killed.
		Burundi's post-independence history has been dominated by tensions between the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/3688238.stm (290 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Burundi's new president promises peace
		He was sworn in briefly in Burundi's legislature, in front of dignitaries including the presidents of South African, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mozambique.
		Ndayizeye, a Hutu appointed to Burundi's transitional government, said his successor must deal with truth and reconciliation, disarm the population, resettle refugees and bring the only rebel group still fighting into a ceasefire.
		Despite Burundi's progress, the spectre of violence still looms, in the shape of the last rebel group fighting.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6FMGRG?OpenDocument (669 words)

	CNN - Burundi's president seeks refuge at U.S. embassy - July 24, 1996
		Burundi President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya sought refuge Tuesday at the ambassador's residence in the capital city of Bujumbura, amid growing fears that his country is on the brink of a more deadly ethnic conflict.
		Instead of being the president of the country, he is the head of the Hutu ethnic group," Charles Mukasi, the president of the Tutsi-dominated UPRONA party, said at a news conference in Bujumbura.
		Many Tutsis say the plan is a plot by the president to destroy the Burundi military and expose Tutsis to a genocide similar to that which erupted in Rwanda two years ago, leaving half a million people dead.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9607/24/burundi.coup (864 words)

	allAfrica.com: Burundi
		Burundi's human rights watchdog, Iteka, has expressed concern over increased attacks on civilians by the rebel Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) and human rights violations committed by the rebels and the country's defence forces.
		At least 3,000 Rwandans, who earlier this year sought asylum in Burundi but were repatriated, have returned to the northern provinces of Kirundo and Ngozi where they are awaiting the government's definition of their status, an official of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.
		Burundi's new president said the country's only remaining rebel group must start peace talks by the end of October or face "serious" action, a UN radio station reported today.
	allafrica.com /burundi (792 words)

	Burundi's new president vows to fight graft, form inclusive government
		Pierre Nkurunziza sings the national anthem as he becomes the president of Burundi during the swearing-in ceremony at the Parliament in Bujumbura.
		Burundi's new president, Pierre Nkurunziza, who was sworn in as the country's first elected leader after 12 years of war, pledged to fight corruption and promote an all-inclusive government in the central African nation.
		His remarks were echoed by outgoing president Domitien Ndayizeye, who in a symbolic gesture of power transfer, handed his successor the country's flag and the baton of the army commander.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=67403 (748 words)

	bur006 Three Burundi Parties sign peace agreement
		The regional talks and signing ceremony were attended by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, host President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda and Chairman of the Regional Initiative for Burundi, Benjamin Mkapa, President of Tanzania, Pierre Buyoya, President of Burundi, and representatives of Burundian parties.
		The Chairman of the Regional Initiative for Burundi, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, stressed that the political and economic fortunes of Burundi lay in the successful implementation of the Arusha Agreement.
		He noted that peace and reconciliation in Burundi was in the best interest of the population and the region as a whole.
	www.afrol.com /News/bur006_parties_sign.htm (585 words)

	Burundi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burundi has a similar ethnic mix to Rwanda and has similar problems.
		President of the Republic has right to use a flag on buildings.
		The flag of Burundi has three colours [note that "tricolore" means "with three colours", sensu stricto, but usually "with three stripes of different colours", influenced by the French Tricolore, which is obviously not case here] : green, white and red.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/bi.html (876 words)

	Burundi
		Belgium won a League of Nations mandate in 1923, and subsequently Burundi, with Rwanda, was transferred to the status of a United Nations trust territory.
		Burundi: Economy - Economy Burundi is one of the poorest, smallest, and most densely populated nations in Africa.
		Burundi: History - History The Twa were the original inhabitants of Burundi and were followed (c.A.D. 1000), and then...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107374.html (965 words)

	Latest News From Rwanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Libère Bararunyeretse, the President of the Senate of Burundi at Urugwiro Village in Kigali.
		President Kagame commended the Government of Burundi for its efforts to implement the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi.
		President to continue assisting us as we work towards lasting peace and prosperity in Burundi,” he said.
	www.gov.rw /government/07_11_01_burundisenate.htm (282 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Burundi's electrical president
		His mandate was due to expire on 1 November last year, but the regional peace initiative for Burundi gave him an additional six months to prepare and organise elections in which he would not be allowed to stand.
		But as the deadline drew near, the president's office introduced a controversial debate on changing some articles of the draft constitution before it is even approved by the people in a referendum.
		The demonstration was timely, organised on the eve of a visit by South Africa's deputy President Jacob Zuma, the chief mediator in the Burundi peace process.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4223731.stm (540 words)

	Burundi's new president sworn in to end conflict and transitional rule
		Burundi's new President Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in as the country's first elected leader after 12 years of war at a ceremony attended by several other African heads of state.
		All of Burundi's former seven rebels have taken part in the country's marathon elections that begun on June 3 with the exception of the FNL.
		The conflict erupted in 1993 after the country's first democratically elected president, a member of the Hutu majority, was assassinated by members of the Tutsi-dominated military.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=67390 (712 words)

	Press Statement by Security Council President on Burundi
		The conclusion of a ceasefire is, as of now, the number one priority in Burundi.
		The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the assassination of Dr. Kassi Manlan, the representative of the World Health Organization in Burundi, and demand that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
		The members of the Security Council express their concern at the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Burundi and reiterate their appeal to all the parties to guarantee access by the humanitarian organizations to the populations in distress throughout the territory.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/sc7236.html (370 words)

	Burundi on the Internet
		Reports on Burundi and the Greater Great Lakes by Jan Van Eck (in Adobe pdf 1999 and 2000).
		Derscheid was "Professor of Colonial Law of the Institut des Territoires d’Outre-Mer at Antwerp, Secretary-General of the Parc Albert, co-founder of the Institut International pour la Protection de la Nature,..." The master negative of the film is at the University of Florida Library, Gainesville.
		The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), is a joint initiative of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and the United Nations University.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/burundi.html (2433 words)

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