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<title>EIN News: Burundi Government &amp; Politics News</title>
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<title>Jonathan Glennie: we should moderate calls for aid</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180092981</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 17:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Campaigners can muster a limited amount of political capital. We should not be spending it  ...  life-saving and life-changing. Millions of children in Burundi, Malawi and Kenya are going to school  ...  promise, aid as a percentage of recipient government budgets increases yet further. A balance has  ...
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<title>Somali Islamist Vows Aid Protection</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180033875</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 11:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  or an international stabilizing force,&quot; Somali Foreign Minister Ali Ahmad Jama said, reported Agence France  ...  currently made up of 2,600 Ugandan and Burundian troops. Abdallah also told the UN Council  ...  he added. Somalia has lacked an effective government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed  ...
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<title>Govt admits VAT rates too high</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180032686</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 11:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... The government acknowledged yesterday that value added tax (VAT)  ...  asked by Parmukh Hoogan (Kikwajuni, CCM), Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Omar Mzee  ...  per cent, while they charge nothing in Burundi, he told the House. The minister said  ...
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<title>AU urges UN to take over Somalia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180025509</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 10:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  suppliers of AMISOM peacekeepers were Uganda and Burundi, though Nigeria and others had offered troops.  ...  where warlords, Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed Somali government forces were battling. Recently militants had been  ...  a UN peacekeeping mission would depend on political and security improvements. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad  ...
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<title>Somalia &apos;needs&apos; early deployment</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180025507</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 10:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Djibouti on June 09 by the Somali government and its main political foes went into effect, &quot;we are hoping  ...  made up of 2 600 Ugandan and Burundian troops. Another option, Ould Abdallah said, was  ...
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<title>Africa: OAU Summit Hears Warnings of &apos;Oblivion&apos; if Conflicts Continue</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179987055</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  said about forty heads of state and government, as well as the United Nations&apos; secretary-general,  ...  as the spectre of unconstitutional usurpation of political power that looms menacingly around us.&quot; Leaders  ...  Nelson Mandela, who is mediating in the Burundi peace process, held a last-ditch mini-summit to  ...
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<title>Uganda: Stake in Oil Pipeline Ceded to Libyan Company</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179986495</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  land acquisition for the project. But Energy minister Daudi Migereko who declined to comment on  ...  developed by the private investor but the government will maintain a carried interest,&quot; said Mr  ...  and later other hinterland countries of Rwanda, Burundi and eastern Congo which would extend the  ...
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<title>Somalia calls for deployment of peacekeepers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179974177</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  functioning of a stabilizing force,&quot; Somali Foreign Minister Ali Jama Jengeli told the 15-nation council  ...  supported by 2,600 troops from Uganda and Burundi. But African diplomats said the UN should  ...  situation. &quot;As we make progress on the political front, plans for an appropriate security arrangement  ...
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<title>Happy birthday, Mr. Mandela</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179964261</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Mandela turned 90 last week. The former political prisoner turned world leader is a hero  ...  of secret meetings with the South African government. Those negotiations resulted in an agreement to  ...  a ceasefire in the civil war in Burundi, and campaigned against the U.S.-led invasion of  ...
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<title>Thursday, July 31</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179963065</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  being convicted of participating in an attempted anti-government coup earlier in the month. Ten of  ...  1986 - Britain&apos;s cabinet unanimously supports Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher&apos;s resistance to stiff sanctions against  ...  African leaders agree to impose sanctions on Burundi for the July 25 military coup that  ...
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<title>Somali minister urges peace force for his lawless country</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179961748</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Djibouti June 9 by the Somali government and its main political foes went into into effect, &quot;we are  ...  currently made up of 2,600 Ugandan and Burundian troops. Another option, Ould Abdallah said, was  ...
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<title>AU wants UN force in Somalia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179959518</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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...  suppliers of AMISOM peacekeepers are Uganda and Burundi, though Nigeria and others have offered troops.  ...  where warlords, Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed Somali government forces are battling. Recently militants have been  ...  a UN peacekeeping mission would depend on political and security improvements. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad  ...
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<title>10:01am AU wants UN force in Somalia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179959516</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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...  suppliers of AMISOM peacekeepers are Uganda and Burundi, though Nigeria and others have offered troops.  ...  where warlords, Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed Somali government forces are battling. Recently militants have been  ...  a UN peacekeeping mission would depend on political and security improvements. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad  ...
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<title>United Nations: Somalia: We need UN forces now</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179956963</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Djibouti on June 9 by the Somali Government and its main political foes went into into effect, &quot;we are  ...  currently made up of 2600 Ugandan and Burundian troops. Another option, Mr Ould Abdallah said,  ...
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<title>8:49amSomalia: We need UN forces now</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179954183</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Djibouti on June 9 by the Somali Government and its main political foes went into into effect, &quot;we are  ...  currently made up of 2600 Ugandan and Burundian troops. Another option, Mr Ould Abdallah said,  ...
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