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About 700 dead, 1.8 million infected with Malaria in Burundi
Mar 14, 2017 14:19Malaria has killed hundreds of people and infected close to two million in Burundi as the government struggles to contain a rising epidemic.
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Burundi’s president signs decree to launch withdrawal from ICC
Oct 19, 2016 12:23Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has signed a decree effectuating a parliamentary law that had called for the country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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UN warns against risk of genocide in Burundi
Sep 20, 2016 13:46A group of UN investigators have warned against a looming risk of genocide in Burundi, saying a “general trend of ethnically divisive rhetoric by the government” means that the conflict could spill into other African countries.
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Burundi rejects UN deployment of police force
Aug 03, 2016 11:35Burundi has rejected the deployment of a United Nations police force to the violence-wracked African nation, saying the France-drafted resolution authorizing the security contingent was made without Bujumbura’s consent.
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UN Security Council votes to dispatch police force to Burundi
Jul 30, 2016 08:47The UN Security Council (UNSC) has voted to deploy a UN police force to restive Burundi, in its toughest measure aimed at helping end over a year of violence in the West African country.