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# climate of fear
Investigators accuse government of Burundi of war crimes including execution and torture
Three investigators from the UN’s Human Rights Council have been probing the political climate of the African country for the past 12 months.
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Sep 4th 2017, 9:55 PM
# Conflict
'I don't know if my child's been buried' - Images show possible mass graves after Burundi killings
The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head as he ran to take refuge has no idea where the boy’s body is.
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Jan 29th 2016, 6:01 AM
# direct provision
The scars that brought us to Ireland: Asylum seekers on the violence that made them flee
Three refugees who have fled their home countries due to political persecution share their stories.
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Nov 12th 2014, 7:25 AM
# Horrific
Three Italian nuns found brutally murdered at Burundi convent
Pope Francis has offered his condolences after the horrific murders.
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Sep 8th 2014, 7:04 PM
# burundi
From massacres and malnutrition to hope and healing - Burundi and Rwanda 20 years on
Deo Niyizonkiza survived a massacre in Burundi – escaped to New York – but returned to his native country with a plan to help thousands.
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Apr 7th 2014, 7:15 AM
# Jog on
No jogging with friends in Burundi as you might be organising an 'uprising'
Staying fit can be a lonely trek in East Africa.
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Mar 20th 2014, 9:01 PM
Voices
Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights
The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.
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Mar 14th 2014, 7:30 PM
# DR Congo
11 countries to sign DR Congo peace accord: UN
Eleven African countries have been invited to sign a UN-brokered accord aiming to end more than two decades of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Feb 22nd 2013, 8:29 PM
# Africa
36 killed in Burundi pub shooting
Armed men burst into the pub in the central African nation of Burundi, with one yelling “make sure there’s no survivors”, according to witnesses.
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Sep 19th 2011, 3:08 PM
# Somalia
More than 50 peacekeepers killed in Somalia fighting
African Union peacekeepers have been fighting insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda in the war torn African country.
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Mar 4th 2011, 3:55 PM