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Current Feed ContentBURUNDI: Cholera outbreak affects 42 in northeastBUJUMBURA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 42 people have been afflicted in an outbreak of cholera in the north-eastern province of Cibitoke, according to health officials."The rate of infection keeps on rising," Martin Bayisingize, the provincial director of health, said. The disease was confirmed to be cholera.Several localities in the Rugombo commune of the province have been affected, Bayisingize said. Rugombo does not have a supply of clean drinking water, he said.The Red...BURUNDI: Peace process must be concluded by year-end - mediatorThe mediator in the Burundian peace process, South Africa's security minister Charles Nqakula, has said a lasting peace accord between the government of Burundi and the rebel group that remains outside the peace process must be concluded by year-end. "We got instructions from the African Union to complete the mission by the end of this year," Nqakula told IRIN on 29 August after meeting Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza. The Forces nationales de libération (FNL), led by Agathon Rwasa, is... |