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Greeks Help Out In Africa: A Health Center Goes Up In Tanzania

Diana Farr Louis | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Burundi, Saadani National Park, Saadani Safari Lodge, Tanzania, Costas Coucoulis, Sana, Home News

It's an unusual safari lodge that can attract you by its infectious enthusiasm for nature and keep you involved by its infectious enthusiasm for giving.

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WATCH: Herding Goats In The City

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Daniel Klein, Sustainable Design, Mirra Fine, Burundi, Louisville, Kentucky, Perennial Plate, Goats, Refugee, Food News

It's not often that you look out your suburban backyard to find a man herding goats, but that is what people in one neighborhood in Louisville experie...

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Rare Frog Seen For First Time Since 1949

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Long-Fingered Frog, Video, Africa Endangered Species, Rare Frog Rediscovered, Amphibians, Burundi, Ring Finger Frog, Long Fingered Frog, Endangered Species, Animals, Bururi Long-Fingered Frog, Burundi Frog, Frogs, Green News

By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor: A long-fingered frog last seen in 1949 and feared extinct has come out of hiding in the forests of B...

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Return to Burundi

David Lindsay | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Global Health Frontline News, Burundi, Strength in What Remains, Deogratias Niyizonkiza, Deo, World News

At Global Health Frontline News, we recently produced a television news report about an inspirational man named Deogratias Niyizonkiza, or Deo as ever...

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Child Soldiers and Perpetual War

Suzan Song | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Global, Africa, Burundi, Child Soldiers, Children and Young People Affected by Armed Conflict, Armed Conflict, Genocide, World News

Internationally, the world has largely forgotten about the experiences of child soldiers from a decade ago. But now that the wars are over, these child soldiers are now adults, and expected to act as such.

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Burundi Massacre: Learning From Past Genocides

Suzan Song | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Burundi, Massacre, War, Genocide, Horn of Africa, Africa, Burundi Murders, Burundi Killings, Burundi Africa, Burundi Massacre, World News

Burundi is no stranger to massacres. Genocides and civil wars between Hutus and Tutsis claimed the lives of over 300,000 civilians. As many as 6,000 children were used as soldiers, molded to murder.

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Gunmen Massacre 36 In Burundi Pub

AP | ONESIME NIYUNGEKO | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Murder, Video, Congo War, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Violence, Burundi, Burundi Pub Killings, Congo, Congo Violence, World News, World News

By ONESIME NIYUNGEKO, Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- Armed men from Congo burst into a pub in the central African nation of Burundi and kil...

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U.S. Expands Drone War Into Somalia

The New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Somalia Al-Shabab, Yemen, Central Intelligence Agency, Ethiopia, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mogadishu-Somalia, Special Operations Command, Drone Aircraft, Pakistan, Burundi, Black-Hawk-Down, Al Shabab, Joint Special Operations Command, Drones, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Anwar Al Awlaki, Drone Attacks, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, Mogadishu, Cia, William-H-Mcraven, Drone Strikes, Somalia, Uganda, John-O-Brennan, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, African Union, World News

WASHINGTON -- The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somal...

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You've Got Your Donations, Now What? Twestival Releases Videos Showing Progress in Liberia

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liberia, Amanda Rose, Twestival, Concern Worldwide, Burundi, Malawi, Senyah, Q and A, Haiti, Impact News

Participants of the second annual Twestival, which raised $400k, can now see the results of their giving. Founder Amanda Rose documented the school being built in Liberia from the money raised.

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Somalia: America Needs to Engage

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Islam, Africa, Somalia, Burundi, US Foreign Policy, World Cup Bombings, Al Shabab, African Union, Terrorism, Ethiopia, US-Muslim Relations, World News

Despite Somalia's problems, we should never despair or lose hope. The US needs to become much more involved at a local level and adopt a zero-tolerance approach to civilian causalities.

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Albino Mother, 5-Year-Old Boy Killed For Body Parts In Burundi, Activists Say

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burundi, Albinos Africa, Albino, Kenya, Africa, Albinos, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya — Attackers in Burundi chopped off the limbs of a 5-year-old albino boy and pulled out his mother's eye, killing them over the belief...

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Africa's Other Contest

Alice Nzomukunda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burundi, Africa Elections, Burundi Election, Pierre Nkurunziza, World News

On June 28th, Burundi, a country of nearly 10 million people, will go to the polls in our presidential election with the choice of only one candidate. Burundians deserve so much better than this.

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Renewable Energy Expert Steve Smith Mitigates Conflicts in Congo, Rwanda, Sudan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Peace Corp, Somalia, Darfur, United Nations, Refugees International, Twa, Thought Leaders, Thomas Pakenham, Madeline Albright, Hutu-Tutsi Genocide, Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Wikipedia, Global Citizens, Congo, Laurent-Desire Kabila, Human Rights Monitors, Women in Transition, Belgian Colonies, Tutsis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Peace Corp Association, Chic Dambach, Zaire, Ohio, Mobutu Sese Seko, Conflicts Resolution, Tanzania, French Language, Swahili, Uganda, Bill Clinton, Steve Smith, Chevron, Roman Catholic Church, The Scramble for Africa, Kinshasa, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives, Burundi, Hutus, Steven Smith, New York City, U.N. Development Program, Refugee Camps, Geneva, Eastern Congo, Genocide, Jimmy Carter, Sudan, Hillary Clinton, Operation Support Hope, Fortune 500 Companies, Usaid, Hotel Rwanda, Rwanda, Léopoldville, Kinyarwanda, World News

Multi-tasking is de rigueur these days, so it comes as no surprise that renewable energy expert and conflict resolution specialist Steve Smith has his hands full. His specialty comes from years of practice.

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Somalia: Al Shabab Threatens Uganda And Burundi

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Somalia, Al-Shabab, Shabab, Somalia Shabab, Foreign Affairs, Uganda, Burundi, Al Shabab Urganda, Al Shabab Burundi, Uganda, Home News

Somalia's al-Shabab fighters have said they will attack the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from the two ...

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10,000 Albinos In hiding After Killings In East Africa

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magig, Poverty, Albino, Albinism, Witchcraft, Africa, East Africa, Burundi, Tanzania, Albino Body Parts, Albino Murders, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of...

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Protect the Protectors

Kathleen Cravero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hutus, United Nations, Africa, Burundi, International Humanitarian Day, World Food Programme, Unicef, Tutsis, Aid Workers, World News

For all the humanitarian workers killed in the past ten years, not one investigation has reached a clear conclusion after which someone was punished. Nor has any government been held accountable.

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Abysmal UN Report On Congo Leaked To Media

David Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Catholic Church, Conflict Minerals, Fdlr, United Nations, Burundi, Gold, Tanzania, Uganda, UN Security Council, Kimia II, Congo, China, World News

Africa Confidential reports that China is pushing to delay the Security Council's discussion of the U.N. Group of Experts report on Congo. Let's hope the United States pushes back on these efforts.

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Strength in What Remains: Tracy Kidder's Remarkable Story of a Refugee from African Genocide Who Gets Inspired in Haiti

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Farmer, Burundi, Haiti, Genocide, Tracy Kidder, Books News

Can one person make a difference? Yeah right. Then I remembered the most powerful book I read in 2009 -- Strength in What Remains, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Kidder.

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Congo Spurns Burundi Refugees at Border

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Children, War, Idp, Joseph Kabila, Hillary Clinton, Kimia II, Un, Burundi, Gatumba, Refugees, Congo, Banyamulenge, World News

Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?

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Could This Be Africa's Next Cash Crop?

Lola Olley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Developing World, Africa, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Bill-and-Melinda-Gates-Foundation, Burundi, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, World News

Cassava can be made into everything from flour to tapioca and could create a positive domino effect in Africa with economic empowerment leading to a reduced need for foreign food aid.

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Burundi Albino Murder Trial Begins

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Witch Doctors Albinos, Albinos in Africa, Albinos Targeted, Albinos Killed, Burundi Albinos, Burundi, Burundi Albino Killings, Albino, Burundi Albino, Burundi Albino Murders, Albino Murders in Tanzania, Burundi Albino Murder, Murder Trial, World News

The trial of 11 people charged with specifically targeting and murdering dozens of Albinos in Burundi, for the purpose of smuggling and selling the bo...

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Doing the Right Thing in Somalia

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Russ Feingold, Uganda, Rendition, Islam, Cia, War on Terror, Africa, Politics, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, Al Shabab, Ethiopia, World News, Union of Islamic Courts, Hillary Clinton, Somali Pirates, African Union, Terrorism, Djibouti, Burundi, Barack Obama, US Somalia, Un Somalia Peacekeepers, US Foreign Relations, Uic, Un Peacekeepers, Ban Ki-Moon, Humanitarian Crisis, World News

An international stabilization force may well be what is needed in Somalia, but the tough groundwork will have to be laid first. And for this, the Somali people must be on board.

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