Rapports

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Echo's Global Plan 2004 strategy appears at a time when Burundi is trying to find its way out of a crisis, which has seriously weakened it socially and economically. The formation of a new transitional government on…

1. RéSUMé La stratégie du Plan global 2004 d'ECHO intervient à un moment o=F9 le Burundi s'efforce de sortir de la crise qui l'a gravement affaibli socialement et économiquement. La formation d'un nouveau gouvernement transitoire le 24 novembre 2003, qui…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. UNICEF visits refugee camps in Tanzania In an effort to strengthen the preparedness for assisting returning refugees, UNICEF and six NGO partners visited the refugee camps in the Tanzanian district of Kasulu. In collaboration with Tanzanian partners, the team…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Assistance to storm victims in Bubanza province On 8 January, UNICEF distributed plastic sheeting, cooking sets, blankets and buckets to 102 families (approximately 500 people) in Mpanda commune, in the north-western province of Bubanza. A number of houses and…

In brief The MPs' association for prevention and peaceful conflict resolution in the Great Lakes Region, Amani (peace) forum (including Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi,) held its General Assembly in Bujumbura. [2nd] Mr Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chairman for the AU…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Food distribution update During the reporting week, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 121 Mt of food to nearly 6,500 targeted emergency distributions persons including 4,510 Batwa from Kiyange, in Buterere Zone (Bujumbura Town). Food security…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Food distribution update During the reporting period, the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP) distributed 756 Mt of food targeting some 69,000 highly vulnerable people in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural, Bubanza, Mwaro and Muyinga. Bujumbura…

Country Profile: Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Mr Domitien Ndayizeye Currency Burundi Franc 1072.40 francs = US$1 (http://www.oanda.com) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic 62%, Protestant…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Burundi's former main rebel group agrees to stop using landmines Burundi's main former rebel group (Pierre Nkurunziza's CNDD-FDD) has agreed to stop stockpiling and using landmines, Geneva Call, (the organisation in charge of monitoring an agreement, under which armed…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Local NGO sensitises soldiers and former rebels against rape The local NGO Nturengaho ("HALT") organised a two-day workshop to mobilise representatives of the army and former rebel movements against rape. The workshop targeted those responsible for the army and…