Burundi domestic revenues up 30 pct in 2011http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA2zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNHVlOTJuBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12u5i7eua/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-domestic-revenues-30-pct-2011-170331353.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA2zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNHVlOTJuBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12u5i7eua/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-domestic-revenues-30-pct-2011-170331353.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 09:03:31 -0800
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's revenue collection rose 30 percent to 471 billion francs in 2011 from the previous year, thanks to improved tax collection technology and efforts to fight fiscal evasion, its revenue board said on Tuesday. The new centralised revenue collection board (OBR) was set up in 2010 with the main goal of maximizing the tax base and to allow the landlocked central African ...
Burundi: Country Celebrates 21st Anniversary of the Unity Charterhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZpMmZxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=122bebeb4/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//allafrica.com/stories/201202070457.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZpMmZxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=122bebeb4/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//allafrica.com/stories/201202070457.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 02:27:31 -0800
[RFI] Burundi celebrated the 21st anniversary of the adoption of its Unity Charter on Monday. While the man behind the project, former president Pierre Buyoya, says he is satisfied with the watershed document, some say there are reasons to doubt its efficiency after ten years of civil war.
Burundi sees 2012 GDP growth at 4.8 pcthttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3TD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByazAwNXVyBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12tp9jt1d/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-sees-2012-gdp-growth-4-8-pct-102000298.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3TD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByazAwNXVyBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12tp9jt1d/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-sees-2012-gdp-growth-4-8-pct-102000298.htmlThu, 02 Feb 2012 02:20:00 -0800
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's economic growth will accelerate to 4.8 percent in 2012 and 6 percent by 2014 as the central African country diversifies its agricultural production and boosts investment in tourism and power production, its government said. Inflation is expected to decline in 2012 while risks to the economy stem from high global oil costs that could fuel imported inflation and ...
Burundi court jails 16 for bar killing of 36http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3jD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjZoZHVsBHBvcwM0BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12upkdjti/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-court-jails-16-bar-killing-36-203143452.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3jD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjZoZHVsBHBvcwM0BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12upkdjti/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-court-jails-16-bar-killing-36-203143452.htmlSat, 28 Jan 2012 12:31:43 -0800
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A court in Burundi has sentenced 16 people to jail terms ranging from three years to life for killing 36 people in a bar, the most violent attack last year in the central African country, a defense lawyer said Saturday. Burundi has enjoyed relative peace since a Hutu rebel group, Forces for National Liberation, laid down its weapons and joined the government in 2009 after ...
Burundi admits role in arrest of oppositionist in Tanzaniahttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMGhzbjljBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13a9f4f1f/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-admits-role-arrest-oppositionist-tanzania-190306844.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA3zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMGhzbjljBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13a9f4f1f/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-admits-role-arrest-oppositionist-tanzania-190306844.htmlSat, 21 Jan 2012 11:03:06 -0800
Burundi admitted Saturday that it had asked for an exiled Burundian opposition leader to be arrested in Tanzania and extradited to face murder charges.
Burundi tea revenues up 22 pct in 2011http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNjRxMGJ2BHBvcwM2BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12p2p71s8/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-tea-revenues-22-pct-2011-130851709.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNjRxMGJ2BHBvcwM2BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12p2p71s8/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-tea-revenues-22-pct-2011-130851709.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 05:08:51 -0800
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's tea export revenues rose 22 percent in 2011 compared with the year before, boosted by high volumes and a better quality of the commodity, a tea board official said on Tuesday. The country's state-run tea board (OTB) said it collected $22.2 million from the export of 7,954,346 kg in 2011. It earned $18.2 million the previous year from the sale of 7,318,911 kg. "A ...
East Africa: Why Non-Tariff Barriers Should Gohttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4TD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNHN0b3VrBHBvcwM3BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12217s4na/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//allafrica.com/stories/201202070495.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4TD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByNHN0b3VrBHBvcwM3BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=12217s4na/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//allafrica.com/stories/201202070495.htmlTue, 07 Feb 2012 02:27:01 -0800
[EA Business] Being a landlocked country, Burundi's economy depends a lot on her neighbours for transport for both import and export.
Tanzania frees Burundi opposition leaderhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4jD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBydTR0dDlpBHBvcwM4BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=131uqd2hu/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/tanzania-frees-burundi-opposition-leader-133343215.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4jD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBydTR0dDlpBHBvcwM4BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=131uqd2hu/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/tanzania-frees-burundi-opposition-leader-133343215.htmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 05:33:43 -0800
Tanzanian police Tuesday freed a Burundian opposition leader, Alexis Sinduhije, who was arrested two weeks ago in Dar es Salaam at Burundi's request, a senior Burundian security official said Tuesday.
Burundi denies request made for opposition leader's arresthttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByYmFwb3R2BHBvcwM5BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=134j3f5rs/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-opposition-leader-arrested-tanzania-172942267.htmlhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA4zD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByYmFwb3R2BHBvcwM5BHNlYwNzcgRjb2xvA2FjNAR2dGlkAw--/SIG=134j3f5rs/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/burundi-opposition-leader-arrested-tanzania-172942267.htmlSat, 14 Jan 2012 09:19:05 -0800
Burundi denied Saturday that it had asked for an exiled Burundian opposition leader to be arrested in Tanzania and extradited to face murder charges.
Braving Burundi: extract from Crazy Riverhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA5DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzdmRpc2loBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDc3IEY29sbwNhYzQEdnRpZAM-/SIG=16kcikit2/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c350d4f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Cafricaandindianocean0C90A386270CBraving0EBurundi0Eextract0Efrom0ECrazy0ERiver0Bhtml/story01.htmhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJ3CU.sjFPJDsA5DD_wgt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzdmRpc2loBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDc3IEY29sbwNhYzQEdnRpZAM-/SIG=16kcikit2/EXP=1328685758/**http%3a//telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c350d4f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cworldnews0Cafricaandindianocean0C90A386270CBraving0EBurundi0Eextract0Efrom0ECrazy0ERiver0Bhtml/story01.htmSat, 28 Jan 2012 02:17:20 -0800
Following in the footsteps of the great 19th-century explorers for his new book, Crazy River, Richard Grant travelled to Burundi to experience life in the poorest, most corrupt country in the world