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01 Jan 2004

Burundi
One dead in attack blamed on Hutu rebels in Burundi capital

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— Agence France-Presse
BUJUMBURA, Jan 1 (AFP) - A civilian was killed overnight in heavy fighting following an attack blamed on Hutu rebels in Bujumbura that also left three civilians and four soldiers wounded, military and civilian officials said Thursday.
"The FNL (National Liberation Forces) attacked a military position north of Bujumbura. ... There was one civilian killed, three others and four soldiers were wounded," General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza, a commander in western Burundi, told AFP.

Army and civilian sources said fighting

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01 Jan 2004

Burundi
Ex-rebels to join Burundi's army brass next week: president

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— Agence France-Presse
BUJUMBURA, Jan 1 (AFP) - Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye said in his New Year's message to the nation late Wednesday that a post-war armed forces chief of staff integrating former rebels would be formed by next week.
The former rebel movement, the Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD), welcomed the move Thursday as a "crucial step" in the creation of new armed forces.

In the televised message, Ndayizeye said former rebel fighters in Burundi's 10-year civil war must be cantoned by January 5 and the new army leadership made up of 40 percent former rebels

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01 Jan 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 7 others
DR Congo Appeal No. 01.43/2004

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— IFRC
The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. All international assistance to support vulnerable communities seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, according to the SPHERE Project.
This document reflects a range of programmes and activities to be implemented in 2004, and the related funding
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31 Dec 2003

Burundi
Italy gives 350,000 euros to African peacekeeping force in Burundi

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— Agence France-Presse
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 31 (AFP) - The Italian government has donated another 350,000 euros (437,500 dollars) to fund the African Union's (AU) peacekeeping force in Burundi, bringing Rome's contribution to the mission to 550,000 euros, the Addis Ababa-based pan-African body said Wednesday.
Italy had several months ago contributed 200,000 euros (250,000 dollars) to the peace mission in Burundi, the AU said in a statement.

The AU force in Burundi, which has soldiers from South Africa, Ethiopia and Mozambique, has been experiencing funding problems.

The European Union has set aside some

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31 Dec 2003

Burundi
OCHA-Burundi Situation Report 22-28 Dec 2003

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
1. Food distribution update

During the reporting period, the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP) distributed 756 Mt of food targeting some 69,000 highly vulnerable people in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural, Bubanza, Mwaro and Muyinga. Bujumbura Rural Province alone received 312 Mt for 28,400 persons of Kanyosha commune. With the support of the regional Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping (VAM) unit, WFP continued to analyse the field data collected from 16 provinces during the crop and

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31 Dec 2003

Burundi
USAID/OTI Burundi Hot Topics Dec 2003

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— US Agency for International Development
OTI Gives Burundi's Parliament Valuable Capacity-Enhancing Tools
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

In its first year in Burundi, OTI supported the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Accord (APRA) by providing small grants to indigenous civil society groups, the media and the transitional government to promote good governance and citizen participation. OTI also promoted increased cooperation among legislators and greater interaction between legislators and their constituents. Responding to advances in the peace process and changing needs, OTI has redesigned its program to support community

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31 Dec 2003

Angola + 6 others
Africa: Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program - progress report and work plan, Oct - Dec 2003

Report
— World Bank
1. This report provides an update of activities carried out under the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) since the time of the previous quarterly progress report (July to September 2003). The report is organized by the four main components of the MDRP, namely: (i) national demobilization and reintegration programs; (ii) special projects; (iii) regional activities; and (iv) overall program management. A revised work plan for the period January to March 2004 is also included in this report.

I. National Programs

Angola

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30 Dec 2003

Burundi
Six killed in Burundi capital, residents blame army

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— Agence France-Presse
BUJUMBURA, Dec 30 (AFP) - Six people were fatally shot and another wounded at dawn Tuesday south of Burundi's capital Bujumbura, local government sources said, as residents said government soldiers had carried out the killings.
The six died in what police said were "clashes" between the army and rebels of the National Liberation Forces (FNL) in a rural district overlooking the city.

But a local government official said "there were no clashes in this area."

"We still don't know who is responsible

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30 Dec 2003

Burundi
Burundi: Assassination of Apostolic Nuncio blamed on FNL/Palipehutu

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— IRIN
BUJUMBURA, 30 December (IRIN) - The Burundian president, Domitien Ndayizeye, has blamed the killing on Monday of Apostolic Nuncio Michael Courtney on a faction of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL/Palipehutu), the only rebel group not to have signed up to the peace process in Burundi. The rebels have denied responsibility.
Courtney died in the hands of a team of surgeons, including the minister of health, at Prince Louis Rwagasore hospital in the capital, Bujumbura, where he was admitted late on Monday afternoon after his car was ambushed at Shanga, near the town of Minago
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30 Dec 2003

Burundi
Burundi : Près de 160 ex-combattants ont été rapatriés

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— IRIN
BUJUMBURA, le 30 décembre (IRIN) - Près de 160 anciens combattants burundais ont été rapatriés dimanche de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) via le site de transit de Gatumba du côté burundais de la frontière. Ils ont été escortés depuis Bukavu, une ville de l'est de la RDC, par des soldats de maintien de la paix uruguayens appartenant à la MONUC, mission des Nations Unies en RDC.
Les ex-combattants ont été confiés à la Commission nationale de réhabilitation des sinistrés (CNRS). Les 161 rapatriés - incluant six femmes, anciennes combattantes ou épouses de combattants
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30 Dec 2003

Burundi
Burundi : L'assassinat du nonce apostolique est attribué au FNL/Palipehutu

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— IRIN
BUJUMBURA, le 30 décembre (IRIN) - Le président du Burundi, Domitien Ndayizeye, a attribué le meurtre lundi dernier du nonce apostolique, Michael Courtney, à la faction des Forces nationales de libération (FNL/Palipehutu), le seul mouvement ayant refusé de rejoindre le processus de paix au Burundi. Ces rebelles ont quant à eux rejeté toute implication dans cette affaire.
Monseigneur Courtney est décédé des suites de ses blessures, à l'hôpital Prince Louis Rwagasore de Bujumbura, la capitale. Il y avait été admis lundi en fin d'après-midi après être
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30 Dec 2003

Afghanistan + 29 others
The Federal Foreign Office supported more than 300 humanitarian aid projects all over the world in 2003

Report
— Government of Germany
The Federal Foreign Office supported 307 projects for humanitarian aid, humanitarian mine clearance as well as disaster prevention all over the world in 2003 to the tune of EUR 71.5 million.
Some 237 projects totalling EUR 52.5 million received support from the humanitarian aid budget. This funding was used to look after victims of natural disasters or armed conflicts and provide life-saving commodities such as clean drinking water, food and medication. The aid projects were implemented by German non-governmental
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30 Dec 2003

Burundi
Italian government to contribute EURO 350,000 to the Africa Mission in Burundi

Report
— African Union
NO. 118/2003
Addis Ababa, 30 December 2003 - The African Union Commission welcomes the decision announced by the Italian Government to make a further contribution of Euro 350,000.00 to the African Mission in Burundi (AMIB). This latest contribution is being made after the receipt by the African Union, of an earlier Italian contribution of Euro 200,000.00 for AMIB.

The Commission recalls that, in addition to Italy, the following countries have contributed to AMIB: Germany US$464,920.00; the UK =A32,000,000 while the EU has pledged Euro 25,000,000 for the Mission.

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29 Dec 2003

Burundi + 1 other
Première opération de rapatriement de combatants burundais par la MONUC

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— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
par Yulu Kabamba
Le 28 décembre 2003, la MONUC a procédé au rapatriement de 151 ex-combattants burundais et 10 dépendants dans leur pays d'origine. Ces ex-combattants burundais qui appartenaient au FDD et au FLN avaient été cantonnés progressivement ces onze derniers mois, depuis février 2003, au centre de transit de la MONUC à Adi Kivu, situé a 30km au nord de Bukavu.

La MONUC a conduit ces ex-combattants burundais jusqu'au centre de réfugiés de Gatumba en territoire burundais où la Commission Nationale de Réhabilitation des Sinistrés les a pris en

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29 Dec 2003

Burundi + 1 other
MONUC's first repatriation operation of Burundian ex-combatants

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Yulu Kabamba
On 28 December 2003, MONUC repatriated 151 Burundian ex-combatants and 10 dependants to their country of origin. Those Burundian ex-combatants belonging to the FDD and the FLN were gradually cantoned during the last eleven months, since February 2003, at MONUC's transit center at Adi Kivu, situated 30km north of Bukavu.

MONUC took those Burundian ex-combatants to the Gatumba refugees' center in Burundian territory where the National Commission for the Rehabilitation of the Disasters Victims took care of

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29 Dec 2003

Burundi
Some 100 former Burundian rebels repatriated from DR Congo

Report
— Agence France-Presse
GATUMBA, Burundi, Dec 29 (AFP) - The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) at the weekend repatriated about 100 former Burundian rebels who fought against Bujumbura from bases in the DRC, officials said Monday.
"These are Burundian rebel ex-combatants who have laid down their arms or gave themselves up to MONUC in Congolese territory," said Frederic Banvunginyunvira, the chairman of Burundi's national disaster commission.

"MONUC is responsible for disarming and demobilising them before handing them to us," Banvunginyunvira

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29 Dec 2003

Burundi
UN SG shocked by brutal murder of Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi

Report
— UN Secretary-General
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news of the tragic death of Monsignor Michael Courtney, the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, who was brutally murdered during a road ambush today in Minago, about 50 kilometres south of Bujumbura in Bururi province.

The Secretary-General recognized the quiet and effective manner in which the Monsignor had been helping the peace process in Burundi. The Secretary-General conveys his condolences

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