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Republic of Burundi
Report No: ACS14147 . Public Disclosure Authorized Republic of Burundi Strategies for Urbanization and Public Disclosure Authorized Economic Competitiveness in Burundi . June 19, 2015 . GSURR Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA . Public Disclosure Authorized Strategies for Urbanization and Economic Competitiveness in Burundi Standard Disclaimer: . This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Copyright Statement: . The material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions or all of this work without permission may be a violation of applicable law. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with complete information to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA, telephone 978-750-8400, fax 978-750-4470, http://www.copyright.com/. All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to the Office of the Publisher, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA, fax 202-522-2422, e-mail [email protected]. -
Situation Report #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 March 25, 2003 Note: the Last Situation Report Was Dated November 18, 2002
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BURUNDI – Complex Emergency Situation Report #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 March 25, 2003 Note: The last situation report was dated November 18, 2002. BACKGROUND The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi’s 6.85 million people, has dominated the country politically, militarily, and economically since national independence in 1962. Approximately 85 percent of Burundi’s population is Hutu, and approximately one percent is Twa (Batwa). The current cycle of violence began in October 1993 when members within the Tutsi-dominated army assassinated the first freely elected President, Melchoir Ndadaye (Hutu), sparking Hutu-Tutsi fighting. Ndadaye’s successor, Cyprien Ntariyama (Hutu), was killed in a plane crash on April 6, 1994, alongside Rwandan President Habyarimana. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (Hutu) took power and served as President until July 1996, when a military coup d’etat brought current President Pierre Buyoya (Tutsi) to power. Since 1993, an estimated 300,000 Burundians have been killed. In August 2000, nineteen Burundian political parties signed the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement in Arusha, Tanzania, overseen by peace process facilitator, former South African President Nelson Mandela. The Arusha Peace Accords include provisions for an ethnically balanced army and legislature, and for democratic elections to take place after three years of transitional government. The three-year transition period began on November 1, 2001. President Pierre Buyoya is serving as president for the first 18 months of the transition period, to be followed in May 2003 by a Hutu president for the final 18 months. -
World Vision Burundi Annual Report
World Vision Burundi 2010 – 2011 Annual Report ------------------------------------------------------- World Vision Burundi 2010 - 2011 ------------------------------------------------------ - 1 - Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. Who we are World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. We serve close to 100 million people in nearly 100 countries around the world. Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, we serve alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people – regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. Mission statement World Vision is an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God. We pursue this mission through integrated, holistic commitment to: • Transformational Development that is community-based and sustainable, focused especially on the needs of children: • Emergency Relief that assist people affected by conflict or natural disaster; • Promotion of Justice that seeks to change unjust structures affecting the poor among whom we work; • Partnership with Churches to contribute to spiritual and social transformation; • Public Awareness that leads to informed understanding, giving, involvement and prayer; • Witness to Jesus Christ by life, deed word and sign that encourages people to respond to the Gospel. Inspired by our Christian values, we are dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. -
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS MAP OF BURUNDI I INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1 II THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGROUPMENT CAMPS ...................................... 2 III OTHER CAMPS FOR DISPLACED POPULATIONS ........................................ 4 IV HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING REGROUPMENT ......................... 6 Extrajudicial executions ......................................................................................... 6 Property destruction ............................................................................................... 8 Possible prisoners of conscience............................................................................ 8 V HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE CAMPS ........................................... 8 Undue restrictions on freedom of movement ......................................................... 8 "Disappearances" ................................................................................................... 9 Life-threatening conditions .................................................................................. 10 Insecurity in the context of armed conflict .......................................................... 11 VI HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DISGUISED AS PROTECTION ................ 12 VII CONCLUSION.................................................................................................... 14 VIII RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................... 15 -
Economic and Social Council
UNITED NATIONS E Distr. Economic and Social GENERAL Council E/CN.4/1997/12/Add.1 7 March 1997 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fiftythird session Item 3 of the provisional agenda ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION Second report on the human rights situation in Burundi submitted by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, in accordance with Commission resolution 1996/1 Addendum Introduction 1. This document is an addendum to the second report by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi to the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftythird session. 2. Section A of this addendum contains a number of observations by the Special Rapporteur on the most recent developments in the crisis in Burundi and section B a list of the most significant allegations made to him concerning violations of the right to life and to physical integrity during the past year. A. Observations on the most recent developments in the crisis in Burundi 3. The serious violations of the right to life and to physical integrity listed in this addendum are closely linked to the further developments in the crisis in Burundi caused by the interruption of the transition to democracy following the assassination of President Ndadaye on 21 October 1993, the acts of genocide perpetrated against the Tutsis and the subsequent massacres of Hutus. Nevertheless, the current situation in Burundi and its influence on the human rights situation are closely linked to the resurgence of rebel movements in eastern Zaire and to the return of Burundi and Rwandan refugees to their countries of origin. -
Security Council Distr
UNITED NATIONS S Security Council Distr. GENERAL S/1995/157 24 February 1995 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH LETTER DATED 23 FEBRUARY 1995 FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL In response to the request by the Council, I have the honour to forward herewith the report of the preparatory fact-finding mission to Burundi by Ambassador Martin Huslid (Norway) and Ambassador Simeon Aké (Côte d’Ivoire), dated 20 May 1994. (Signed) Boutros BOUTROS-GHALI 95-05359 (E) 020395 /... S/1995/157 English Page 2 Annex [Original: French] REPORT OF THE PREPARATORY FACT-FINDING MISSION TO BURUNDI TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 1 - 30 4 II. THE COUP D’ETAT OF 21 OCTOBER 1993 ................... 31 - 102 10 A. Historical background to the coup d’état ......... 31 - 45 10 B. Events of the coup d’état ........................ 46 - 77 13 C. The perpetrators of the failed coup d’etat ....... 78 - 83 17 D. The management of the crisis ..................... 84 - 102 17 III. THE MASSACRES ........................................ 103 - 133 19 A. The massacres .................................... 103 - 114 19 B. The causes of the massacres ...................... 115 - 130 21 C. The role of provincial administrators and the army 131 - 133 23 IV. EVENTS AFTER THE COUP D’ETAT AND THE MASSACRES - PRESENT SITUATION .................................... 134 - 148 23 V. CHALLENGES AND STEPS TO BE TAKEN ..................... 149 - 151 25 VI. ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY .............................. 152 - 179 27 A. Presence of United Nations bodies in Burundi ..... 152 - 154 27 B. The Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Burundi .............................. 155 - 163 28 C. -
BACKGROUND of BENEFICIALS SCHOOLS the Burundi Government Has Just Set up a Project to Create Five Schools of Excellence (Year 2016- 2017) Throughout the Country
BACKGROUND OF BENEFICIALS SCHOOLS The Burundi Government has just set up a project to create five schools of excellence (Year 2016- 2017) throughout the country. The goal is to prepare the future leaders of the country who will serve in the public and private administration, scientific research centers and digital innovations. The schools are implemented throughout the country, the selection criteria of students are based on national test for the first students of 6 grades in all elementary schools of Burundi. They do a test of French and Mathematics that will determine the best Burundian students among those classified - 1st class - at the end of their curriculum of the basic school. The excellence schools are: • Lycée MUSENYI in Ngozi Province (for students from Ngozi, Kayanza, Kirundo and Muyinga provinces); • Lycée NOTRE DAME DE LA SAGESSE of Gitega province (for students from Gitega, Karuzi, Muramvya and Mwaro provinces); • Lycée KIREMBA Bururi Province (for student form Rumonge, Bururi and Makamba Provinces); • Lycée RUSENGO in Ruyigi Province (for students of Ruyigi, Cankuzo and Rutana provinces); • E.N NGAGARA in Bujumbura province (for students from Bujumbura Provinces, Bujumbura Town Hall, Bubanza and Cibitoke). The project goal is to equipping the schools of excellence with an ICT Labs and to train teachers in ICT, who will later facilitate the Education of ICT and Innovation, Creativity and digital Entrepreneurship for those students from all sections of the society. The project will then be an inspiration for the Government and all the secondary schools in Burundi. During the school holidays, the students and youths community from around the beneficial schools will also use the computers labs to benefit to the opportunity that ICT is offering in this digital age. -
World Vision Burundi Multiple Crises Situation Report November 2017 Situation Highlights
WORLD VISION BURUNDI MULTIPLE CRISES SITUATION REPORT NOVEMBER 2017 SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS 6.4 million malaria cases reported in 2017 2.6 million people are severely food insecure KEY MESSAGES • Malaria epidemic: According to the that has affected maize development. Ministry of Health, on November 12, The Fall Armyworm (FAW) infestation, 2017, the cumulative number of malaria particularly in lowland areas, may also cases reported during the first 45 weeks negatively impact maize production, but of 2017 was 6,781,916 cases with 2,980 maize constitutes only about 14 percent 2,980 deaths. In 2016, 8.2 million Burundians of Season A national cereal production. - 73 per cent of the total population - malaria deaths in 2017 were affected by malaria and more than • Malnutrition rates: Out of the 18 3,800 died. provinces in the country, 9 are classified as in Phase 2 according to the IPC Acute • Food insecurity: About 2.6 million people Malnutrition (IPC AMN) scale; Phase (27 percent of the rural population) are 2 is considered as “Alert” situation estimated to be severely food insecure requiring monitoring and strengthening 427,784 (IPC Phase 3: “Crisis” and Phase 4: of resilience based on the IPC AMN refugees have fled Burundi “Emergency”). Poor rural households are scale. They have relatively high levels in the past 3 years relying heavily on bananas, and vegetables of acute malnutrition which require that are harvested almost year-round particular attention. These provinces are to sustain their minimum food needs, Karusi, Kayanza, and Kirundo, Bubanza, RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS amidst below-average labour incomes Bujumbura, Cankuzo, Muramvya, Mwaro and constrained purchasing power. -
January 2018
JANUARY 2018 This DTM report has been funded with the generous support of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the Department for International Development (DFID/UKaid) and the Swiss Agen- cy for Development and Cooperation (SDC). TABLE OF CONTENTS DTM Burundi Methodology..……….…………………………………...……………….…….…..1 IDP Presence Map…..………..…………………………………………………………..…..…….2 Highlights.……………………………………………………………………………….….….…..3 Provinces of Origin..………………………………………………………………………..….…..4 Return Intentions…………………………………….……………………………………....……5 Displacement Reasons.….……………………………………………………………….…..……6 New Displacements……..……………………………………………………………….….…….7 Displacement Trends……..…………………………………………………………….……….…8 Humanitarian Overview: Health and Food Security.………………………………………..…….9 Humanitarian Overview: Livelihoods and WASH.....……..……………….……………….……..10 Humanitarian Overview: Education and Protection……..…..……………...…………....………11 IDP Shelter Types………………………..………………………….…………………..……...…12 Shelter Construction Materials……….……………………….………...……………...….……..13 Precarious Conditions in IDP homes…….……...………………………………….…...…...…...15 Natural Disaster Cycle…….……………..…………………………...……………………..…....16 Provincial Profiles.…………………………………………………………………………….….17 Contact Information……………………………………………………………………………..18 The IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix is a comprehensive system DTM METHODOLOGY implemented to analyse and disseminate information to better unders- tand movements and needs of Internally Displaced Persons in Burundi. 1 Volunteers from the Burundian Red Cross consult -
1996 Human Rights Report: Burundi Page 1 of 13
1996 Human Rights Report: Burundi Page 1 of 13 The State Department web site below is a permanent electro information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see w material released since President George W. Bush took offic This site is not updated so external links may no longer func us with any questions about finding information. NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be co endorsement of the views contained therein. U.S. Department of State Burundi Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997. BURUNDI Burundi's democratically elected president was overthrown in a military coup on July 25. Despite the coup, the National Assembly and political parties continue to operate, although under constraints. The present regime, under the self-proclaimed interim President, Major Pierre Buyoya, abrogated the 1992 Constitution and, during the so-called Transition Period, replaced the 1994 Convention of Government with a decree promulgated on September 13. Under this decree, the National Assembly does not have the power to remove the President of the Republic. The Prime Minister, appointed by the President, replaces the President in the event of the President's death or incapacity. Under the former constitution, the President of the National Assembly replaced the President. Buyoya holds power in conjunction with the Tutsi-dominated military establishment. The judicial system remains under the control of the Tutsi minority, and most citizens consider it biased against Hutus. Violent conflict among Hutu and Tutsi armed militants and the army plunged the country into a civil war marked by ethnic violence, which included fighting between the army and armed rebel groups. -
Burundi Page 1 of 18
Burundi Page 1 of 18 Burundi Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor February 25, 2004 Burundi is a republic ruled by a Transitional Government established under the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Accord (Arusha Accord) in November 2001. On April 30, the second half of the 3-year Transitional Government began as Domitien Ndayizeye, a member of the Hutu ethnic group, succeeded Pierre Buyoya, a member of the Tutsi ethnic group, as President. In 2001, a Transitional Constitution was adopted, providing for power to be shared between the Tutsi minority, which has traditionally ruled the country, and the Hutu majority. A presidential decree suspended elections in 1998; however, the Transitional Constitution provides for elections following the completion of the 3-year Transitional Government. The country remained engaged in a low-intensity civil conflict, and for most of the year, the conflict involved two armed opposition groups, the National Council for Defense of Democracy– Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) faction led by Pierre Nkurunziza, and the Palipehutu/National Liberation Front (FNL) faction led by Agathon Rwasa. Smaller factions of both groups had signed and implemented ceasefire agreements with the Transitional Government in October 2002. In December 2002, the largest armed opposition group, the Nkurunziza faction of the CNDD-FDD, also signed a ceasefire with the Transitional Government. In October, the Transitional Government and the CNDD-FDD faction led by Nkurunziza signed a protocol on power-sharing, and in November, the CNDD-FDD entered the Transitional Government, assuming four cabinet positions and other posts. -
After-Action Review
United Nations Nations Unies Office for the Coordination Bureau de Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs in Burundi Des Affaires Humanitaires au Burundi http://ochaonline.un.org/Burundi http://ochaonline.un.org/Burundi Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News 17 November - 07 December 2008 Activities and Updates Health situation Repatriation of Burundian Refugees - Cholera epidemic in Cibitoke: Cholera epidemic continued in Cibitoke province (50 km North West of Statistics Bujumbura) with a total of 65 cases and no death During the period of 24 to 30 November, 1,477 from 10 November to 8 December 2008. The returnees arrived in Burundi. 1,464 returned from situation is now under control with the decrease of Tanzania to Makamba (incl. 1,040 from the Old new cases in the concerned health centres. A daily Settlements and 424 from Mtabila camp). 12 monitoring system continued with the support of returnees arrived from South Africa and one from health partners. Support to provincial teams is Cameroon. provided WHO, UNICEF, Solidarités, CRB, ICRC Between 01 January and 30 November 2008, 91,322 and other health partners. Burundians have returned which is more than in - Bacillary dysentery in Kirundo: Bacillary previous years since UNHCR began its voluntary dysentery epidemic continued in Kirundo province repatriation operation in 2002. In 2008, 435 (150 km north of Bujumbura) with a total of 1201 Burundians have returned in January, 1,991 in cases and 4 deaths from 10 October to 8 December February, 8,377 in March, 6,675 in April, 5,272 in 2008. WHO supported an epidemiological May, 19,635 in June, 17,504 in July, 9,640 in August, investigation which confirmed the bacillary 8,441 in September, 6,857 in October, and 6,495 in dysentery.