Reuters: Burundi News

INTERVIEW-Tanzanian airline plans $300 mln fleet expansion

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:49:08 +0000

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Tanzanian carrier Precision Air plans to invest about $300 million within three years to expand its fleet to meet growing demand for its services in the country and east Africa, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Burundi imports up 21 pct in Jan-Sept - cbank

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:32 +0000

BUJUMBURA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Imports to Burundi rose 21 percent by volume in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period in 2008, partly due to higher food imports, the central bank said on Wednesday.

Burundi collects nearly 14,000 weapons in a week

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:04:09 +0000

BUJUMBURA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Burundi collected nearly 14,000 weapons last week in a nationwide campaign to disarm the civilian population and ensure elections next year will be peaceful, officials said.

Last Burundians from 1972 exodus leave Tanzania

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:15 +0000

* UN helps last 400 Burundians from 1972 exodus return home * 36,000 more who entered in 1993 remain in one camp

UPDATE 2-Kenya Commercial Bank's pretax profit rises

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:26:15 +0000

NAIROBI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Kenya's largest bank by assets, Kenya Commercial Bank , said on Thursday its pretax profit for the first nine months of 2009 was 4.951 billion shillings ($65.8 million) up from 4.796 billion last year.

DIARY - East Africa

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:52 +0000

This diary is updated weekly, and new or updated items are marked with an asterisk.

UPDATE 1-Somalia's Shabaab rebels execute two for spying

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:43:47 +0000

MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents executed two young men in public on Sunday after telling a crowd in a rebel-held port that they had confessed to spying.

Somalia's Shabaab rebels execute two for spying

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:12:07 +0000

MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents executed two young men in public on Sunday after telling a crowd in a rebel-held port that they had confessed to spying.

UPDATE 4-Somalia's Shabaab rebels threaten Uganda, Burundi

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:05:50 +0000

MOGADISHU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents said they would strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu.

Somalia's Shabaab rebels threaten Uganda, Burundi

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:57:00 +0000

MOGADISHU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents said they will attack Burundi and Uganda's capital cities in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu.