Africa, World

BUJUMBURA Friday, September 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Years ago, Mammert Buregeya, a 54-year-old displaced Burundian Tutsi, would probably have refused to...

BUJUMBURA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - When Georges Kanuma, the head of a gay rights movement in Burundi, first attended an HIV conference in...

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - The arrest and detention of Burundian journalist and opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije and a stalemate...

BUJUMBURA Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - HIV programmes in Burundi have been struggling to support people affected by the pandemic since the...

BUJUMBURA Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - Yves Niyonkuru is a lanky 30-year-old Burundian who speaks easily about his life as a gay man in a...

BUJUMBURA Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - When Diane Ndayizeye* was diagnosed with HIV three years ago, she was relieved to discover she could...

BUJUMBURA Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - An attempt by regional mediators to revive the peace process between the government and the rebel Forces...

BUJUMBURA Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Poverty, selfish political interests and inadequate economic development are the underlying causes of...

JOHANNESBURG Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to compliment UN peacekeeping forces in...

KINSHASA Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of civilians were killed and many more wounded during fighting between rebels of the Congrès...