BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 25 MARS 2010 [Warships take new strategy against Somali pirates]

March 25, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 25 mars 2010 – The Associated Press- March 25, 2010–An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy, combined with more aggressive confrontations…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 24 MARS 2010 [Rwanda: FDU's Ingabire Attempts to Flee]

March 24, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 24 mars 2010 – The New Times- March 24, 2010–The leader of the yet-to-be registered political party, Forces Démocratiques Unifiées- FDU-Inkingi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, was yesterday intercepted at Kigali International Airport, as she attempted to sneak out…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 24 MARS 2010 [Rwanda: FDU’s Ingabire Attempts to Flee]

March 24, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 24 mars 2010 – The New Times- March 24, 2010–The leader of the yet-to-be registered political party, Forces Démocratiques Unifiées- FDU-Inkingi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, was yesterday intercepted at Kigali International Airport, as she attempted to sneak out…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 23 MARS 2010 [Sudan: al-Bashir threatens U.S-funded election monitors]

March 23, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 23 mars 2010 – en.afrik.com- March 23, 2010–Sudan’s president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir has threatened United States-funded election observers, Carter Center, with expulsion and attacks, should elections scheduled for April 11 be postponed. RWANDA UGANDA Nation Media to…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 22 MARS 2010 [International CSOs petition Zambia, Tanzania’s bid to lift ivory trade ban]

March 22, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 22 mars 2010 – www.postzambia.com- March 22, 2010–INTERNATIONAL Civil Society Organisations have warned the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) not to accept the proposal by Zambia and Tanzania to lift the ban on ivory…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 21 MARS 2010 [Fifty Years On, South Africa Remembers Sharpeville Massacre]

March 21, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 21 mars 2010 – www1.voanews.com- March 21, 2010–This weekend South Africans will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre in which 69 people were killed and hundreds more were injured by police in an incident that…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 19 MARS 2010 [Belgium and a new row over the Congo]

March 19, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 19 mars 2010 – www.independent.co.uk- March 19, 2010–Belgium has been attempting to smooth over its strained relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the latest effort by the Defence minister has badly backfired. RWANDA UGANDA…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 18 MARS 2010 [19 reported killed in DR Congo attacks]

March 18, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 18 mars 2010 – AFP- March 18, 2010–At least 11 civilians and eight troops have died in attacks by Ugandan LRA rebels in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a local association said. RWANDA Land…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 17 MARS 2010 [Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns]

March 17, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 17 mars 2010 – globalvoicesonline.org- March 17, 2010–Two separate tragedies struck Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on Tuesday: students at Makerere University rioted after the shooting death of two of their peers, and the Kasubi Tombs, a…

BURUNDI – AFRICA / INTERNATIONAL : 16 MARS 2010 [Madagascar lashed by tropical storm]

March 16, 2010

{jcomments on}OMAR, AGNEWS, BXL, le 16 mars 2010 – www.eyewitnessnews.co.za- March 16, 2010–At least 36 people have died and more than 38 000 made homeless by a tropical storm lashing Madagascar. RWANDA Rwandan president rejects human rights criticismBy Tom Evans, CNN /March…