Drive on to set calm Burundi voting climate

Calm reigns countrywide as Xmas set into motion
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CALM generally reigned all over the country as Tanzanians joined the rest of the world to celebrate Chrtmas, with no reports of peace-druption incidents. A mini-survey conducted by 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaam and some upcountry regions found out that it ...

>The Constituent Assembly (CA) resumes today, with members set to decide on the thorny issue of the mode of voting the assembly should adopt before debating the draft constitution.

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) here has launched campaigns for the Nduli ward by-election to be held on February 9 this year.

>Burundi’s national electoral commission dismissed weeks of violence Sunday and said all was ready a day ahead of key polls in the central African nation that the UN warns should be postponed.

Hunters and gatherers, pastoralists, district council executives, non-governmental organisations, and civil societies defending interests of indigenous people have converged to chart out a common agenda ahead of this year’s Climate Change Conference scheduled for December in Paris, France.

Berlin. The 6th Petersberg Dialogue, an informal meeting of ministers and representatives from 35 countries in preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, opened here yesterday.

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Crisis and coup in Burundi drive tens of thousands of refugees to Tanzania
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KASULU, Tanzania, May 13, 2015 – As violence continues in Burundi in the wake of President Pierre Nkurunziza's contested reelection bid, tens of thousands of Burundians are fleeing to neighboring Tanzania. With news today of a military coup in the country ...
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Fleeing Burundians Flock to Western Tanzania, Camps OverwhelmedAllAfrica.com

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 26th May, 2020: The East African Community wishes to congratulate the Government and the people of Burundi for peaceful and successful nominations, campaigns and voting process with respect to the 2020 Elections that has just been concluded.
The 87.8 percent turnout for the process bears testimony to the desire of the people of Burundi to participate in determining their political future, which is critical to sustainable peace, security...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza (pictured) will have some explaining to do when the East African Community (EAC) heads of state meet in an extraordinary Summit in Dar es Salaam on May 13, The Citizen has learnt.