JOHANNESBURG, 7 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - South Africa is to withdraw over 300 troops protecting political leaders in Burundi following peaceful elections last month. Full report

BUJUMBURA, 31 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Burundi’s new president, Pierre Nkurunziza, appointed a new and more streamlined cabinet on Tuesday with all but one of the 20 ministers coming into government for the first time.Full report

BUJUMBURA, 30 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Two vice-presidents, one of whom is a woman, were sworn on Monday in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, at a joint session of parliament. Full report

BUJUMBURA, 29 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Burundi’s new president, Peter Nkurunziza, laid out his policies on Friday on issues ranging from national reconciliation to curbing corruption, which he says is a leading cause of the country's poverty. Full report

BUJUMBURA, 26 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Nahayo Immaculée, 57, was elected Speaker of Burundi's National Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, on 16 August. She is the first woman in the country to hold this post and is convinced that wisdom, acquired with age, was one attribute that won her the vote. Full report

BUJUMBURA, 26 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Pierre Nkurunziza, 40, sworn is as the nation's president on Friday for a five-year transition period was born in 1964 at Mwumba in the northern province of Ngozi. Full report

KAMPALA, 26 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Former rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza, 40, was sworn in on Friday as Burundian president for a five-year term. He becomes the country's first democratically elected leader since 1993. Full report

BUJUMBURA, 24 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Immaculée Nahayo was on 16 August elected Speaker of the National Assembly - the lower house of parliament - becoming the first woman in Burundi to...Full report

AMSTERDAM, 23 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Belgium’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted 488,953 euros (US $598,087) on Tuesday to the Belgian NGO, Caraes, to repatriate Burundian secondary school teachers and pupils living in Tanzania refugee camps.Full report

NAIROBI, 23 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Burundi's presidential election on Friday marked an important milestone in a country that has been beset by 12 years of civil war, but extreme poverty, lingering ethnic divisions and continuing low-level insurgency remain barriers to lasting peace. Full report

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