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Burundi

CLIMATE CHANGE: Durban or bust - the Trans-African Caravan of Hope
IRIN News | 02 Dec 2011
KAMPALA 02 December 2011 (IRIN) - Brandishing a plea for developed countries to make good their promises to reduce carbon emissions, 300 farmers, youths and activists took the scenic route to the COP17 conference in Durban, travelling more than 7,000km from Burundi in 17 days, through 10 eastern and southern African countries, aboard a convoy of buses draped in various national flags.

Nile Basin Countries Hopeful Framework Pact To Be Signed
AfricaFiles | 05 Mar 2011
There are only two months left for The Nile Basin upstream states to convince Egypt, Sudan, Burundi and The Democratic Republic of Congo to sign the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement, which would guarantee water security for all nations who receive water via the Nile River.

Burundi | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Egypt | Sudan

Burundi joins Nile basin pact opposed by Egypt
Reuters | 01 Mar 2011
Burundi has signed up to an agreement to alter historic water-sharing arrangements for the River Nile, posing a diplomatic challenge for interim military rulers in Egypt, which rejects the pact.

Burundi | Egypt | Access to Freshwater | Governance

Burundi: Aid workers worry about food insecurity
feedproxy.google.com | 23 Feb 2011
High food prices, increasing malnutrition and the impact of La Niña are Burundi's major humanitarian concerns as the country moves from post-conflict to a development phase, say aid workers. "We cannot take short cuts when it comes to development; we need to absolutely address the basic needs of the population before we go beyond that," Jean-Charles Dei, the acting humanitarian coordinator for Burundi, told IRIN.

Burundi: Shrinking lakes and denuded forests
Africa News | 01 Feb 2011
Jean-Marie Sabushimike of the University of Burundi made a film between December 2006 and March 2007 to demonstrate the environmental challenges facing the tiny central African country of about eight million people. The film shows a mass of water with an island full of birds, dense forest covering several hills, a fast-flowing river whose water is brownish, a stretch of denuded land featuring gullies and tree stumps and the birds again.

Burundi | Biodiversity | Environmental Awareness

BURUNDI: Land key obstacle to reintegration
IRIN News | 11 Jan 2011
After living abroad as refugees for years – in some cases decades – many of the half-million people who have returned to Burundi since 2002 are having to cope with a severe shortage of one of the tiny countrys most precious commodities: land. The issue of access and entitlement to arable land on...

Burundi | Food Security | Land Tenure Issues | Poverty Reduction

Burundi: Fortified rice for 15,000 school-children
IRIN News | 07 Jan 2011
Burundi is set to benefit from a rice fortification technology that will not only be the first in Africa but will also help check malnutrition in children through school-feeding programmes. International organizations PATH and World Vision will introduce Ultra Rice, made from rice flour and enriched with micronutrients, including iron, zinc and folic acid, to about 15,000 children from April.

Burundi | Agriculture | Food Security | Poverty Reduction

Burundi: Shrinking lakes and denuded forests
Africa News | 27 Nov 2010
Jean-Marie Sabushimike of the University of Burundi made a film between December 2006 and March 2007 to demonstrate the environmental challenges facing the tiny central African country of about eight million people. The film shows a mass of water with an island full of birds, dense forest covering several hills, a fast-flowing river whose water is brownish, a stretch of denuded land featuring gullies and tree stumps and the birds again.

Burundi | Biodiversity | Environmental Awareness

EAST AFRICA: CEOs lead by example, take public HIV tests
plusnews.org | 19 Nov 2010
KAMPALA - At least 40 East African chief executive officers (CEOs) recently took public HIV tests, a move designed to show their commitment to fighting HIV in the workplace in an increasingly integrated region. "The objective was to encourage them [CEOs] to be role models, to plan properly for the future but also to plan for employees who are HIV-positive," said Rosemary Ssenabulya, executive director of the Federation of Uganda Employees.

Handheld Computers Speed Up Burundi Food Aid
ips.org | 29 Oct 2010
BUJUMBURA – Aid organisations say a small handheld computer will allow them to more rapidly assess where food aid is needed most urgently. As a result, fewer Burundians will suffer hunger this year. Fifteen years of civil war, combined with extreme poverty, a fragile political process and recurrent natural disasters like floods and droughts, have caused a drastic increase in poverty and hunger in the central African nation.

Burundi | Agriculture | Food Security

Current Statement - Burundi
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) | 20 Oct 2010
Climatic conditions in Burundi are seasonally dry. The La Niña phenomenon, which is expected to cause above-normal rains in the northern parts of the country, could disrupt the 2011A season (September 2010 – January 2011). Preparations for the 2011A season remain the major activity this month in...

Burundi | Agriculture | Food Security | Freshwater | Weather Conditions

Longer rains boost crop yields
IRIN News | 09 Jun 2009
Adequate rainfall between February and April resulted in a good crop yield across most of Burundi, with officials predicting improved food security in many parts of the country.

Burundi | Agriculture

Heavy rains displace returnees, IDPs | Natural Disasters Refugees/IDPs Urban Risk | Feature
IRIN News | 30 Apr 2009
Weeks of torrential rains in and around Bujumbura have worsened living conditions for thousands of residents of an informal settlement on the outskirts of the capital, most of whom have been displaced for years.

Burundi | Floods | Weather Conditions

EAC's energy consumption is 70% biomass
East African Business Week | 28 Feb 2009
Almost four out of five member states of the East African Community countries depend on traditional biomass for their energy, threatening deforestation and desertification.

Fish farming to contribute to food security in Burundi
African Press Agency | 11 Feb 2009
The head of the national fish farming centre of Burundi, Déo Karega, averred that pisciculture will receive special attention in order to increase its contribution to food security in the country.

Burundi | Fish Farming | Food Security

Politicians Blamed for Stalled New Nile Pact
Inter Press Service | 14 Jan 2009
Ten years of negotiations over a new protocol governing shared use of the Nile River are hanging in the balance, with Egypt and Sudan refusing to give up their present power over how much water is used by countries further upstream.

East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi Talk Conservation
East African Business Week | 15 Sep 2008
Rwanda and Burundi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding paving way for mutual protection of two major national parks.

Burundi | Rwanda | Biodiversity | Protected Areas

East Africa: Second Phase of Lake Victoria Basin Project to Cost $246 Million
Daily Nation | 09 Jun 2008
A multimillion dollar environmental conservation project has been launched as part of the second phase of the Lake Victoria Management Programme.

Uganda: Climate Change Increases Armed Conflict - Report
The New Vision | 21 Nov 2007
UGANDA is among the 46 developing countries facing armed conflict resulting from climate change, a report has stated. The global report by International Alert, a UK-based organisation, also lists 22 other African countries at risk.

Burundi, back to the fields
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 26 Oct 2007
A war-ravaged country is making crucial steps towards restoring its single most important source of living, agriculture, with EU/FAO assistance.

Burundi | Agriculture | Food Security

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