Reuters: Burundi News

Burundi inflation accelerates to 25.2 pct in April

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:49 +0000

BUJUMBURA, May 16 (Reuters) - Food costs which have sparked public protests drove Burundi's year-on-year inflation rate to 25.2 percent in April, the highest in East Africa, according to official data on Wednesday.

Burundi Q1 import bill up 40 pct on cost of fuel

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:49:16 +0000

BUJUMBURA, May 10 (Reuters) - Burundi's import bill rose 40 percent in the first quarter of this year from the same period last year, driven by fuel and mechanical spare parts imports, the central bank said on Thursday.

Ethiopian troops battle Somali rebels blocking supplies

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:52:28 +0000

MOGADISHU, May 10 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 al Shabaab rebels on Thursday after the Islamist militants blocked a road in southern Somalia and stole goods, a regional official said.

Kenya's Diamond Trust Bank profit rises 54 pct

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:12 +0000

NAIROBI, May 10 (Reuters) - Kenya's Diamond Trust Bank's first-quarter pretax profit rose 54 percent on a big jump in income from its loan book, the bank said on Thursday.

KenolKobil, Puma deal seen done in a few months

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:05:34 +0000

NAIROBI, May 8 (Reuters) - Kenyan oil marketer KenolKobil expects the sale of a majority stake to Puma Energy by key shareholders to be completed in the next few months, its chairman and chief executive said on Tuesday.

Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:04:38 +0000

MOGADISHU, May 8 (Reuters) - Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials and residents said on Tuesday.

Burundi army says attack mastermind dead

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:55:23 +0000

BUJUMBURA, May 4 (Reuters) - A former rebel commander suspected by Burundi's security forces of masterminding the murder of 36 people in an attack last year has been killed by the Congolese army, a senior Burundian officer said on Friday.

Kenyan forces abuse civilians to avenge attacks: rights group

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:19:06 +0000

* Police, soldiers randomly beat, rape and humiliate civilians

UPDATE 1-Suicide bomber kills MPs in central Somalia

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:07:10 +0000

* Car bomb in capital kills one (Recasts with updated toll, adds al Shabaab, Mogadishu blast)

U.S. steps up training for African force in Somalia

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:51:24 +0000

SINGO, Uganda, May 1 (Reuters) - At a training camp in Uganda, a dozen soldiers crouch, weapons raised as they make their way down a dirt road between shipping containers set up to look like buildings in the Somali capital.