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__26-11-2001
BURUNDI
: Politics-Diplomacy. The transition government and all involved parties
in the
Arusha peace accord say thanks to the region.
The
transition government and all political parties that signed the Arusha
peace
and reconciliation deal have embarked on an intensive tour around the
central
African region to express their appreciation to those who made the
accord
become a reality.
Every
single inhabitant of this planet
knows that havoc reigned in Burundi just after the assassination of the
first
ever democratically elected president, in 1993. The governments of the
region,
with the great contribution of the mediation by the
late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, followed by another huge
effort by the former South African President Nelson Mandela; brokered a
peace
deal on August 28, 2000. The transition government was subsequently
sworn in on
the first November this year.
It is a
common tradition in Burundi for a great action in their favour to be
followed
by a sign of thankfulness and this government has done just that.
According to
political analysts in Bujumbura, this tour doesn’t mean that all is in
place
and over, but rather a way of asking for more, as surely there is still
much to
be done. A long lasting peace environment and security need to be
assured, a
cease fire has to be negotiated so that the population can come out of the seemingly eternity suffering.
We would
like to point out that due to illness, the FRODEBU president, Jean
Minani could
not travel with the rest of the delegation. The party was instead
represented
by Salvator TOYI.
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25-11-2001
World Cup : The
list of 32 is complete
Australia has once again
missed out on the chances to enter the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan
and
Korea. After beating Uruguay 1-0 at home early this week, they were
punished
this weekend by a great display and a great result away, 0-3.
Here are the 32 finalists
grouped according to confederations and continent.
·
AFC-
Asian Football Confederation . 4
teams represent Asia: China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.
·
CAF-Confederation
Africaine
de Football. 4 teams represent Africa in
2002 : Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.
·
CONCAF-Confederation
of
North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football . 3 teams represent this part of the
world: Costa Rica, Mexico and USA.
·
CONMEBOL-Confederación Sudamericana de Futbol. Latin
America is represented by 5 countries: Argentina, Brazil,
Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.
·
UEFA-Union
of European Football Associations.
Europe is
represented by 15 teams: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France,
Germany,
Italy, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden,
Turkey.
The 32 teams make up 8
groups and 48 matches will be played from May31st to June 15.
The
two top teams go to the second round. 24 first round matches will be
played in
Korea while the other 24 will be played in Japan. The opening match will
be
played in Seoul on May 31st at half past mid-day in Kigali
and
Bujumbura time. 4 fixtures in the second round will take place in Korea,
4
others in Japan.
The ¼ finals will be played
on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June in Shizuoka, Ulsan, Gwangju et Osaka.
The
first semi-final will take place in Seoul, on Tuesday 25 while the
second will
be played on Wednesday in Saitama. Daegu hosts the game for 3rd
place, on Saturday June 29 while the final will be played in Yokohama on
Sunday
30 June 2002 at mid-day Central African time.
Argentina are still the
favourite to win the world cup just ahead of France while Cameroon,
according
to Eurosport sports analysts, are to reach at least the semi-finals.
Games
played at 15.30 local time will be watched at 4.30
in Buenos Aires, 6.30 in London and 7.30 in
Paris/Kigali/Buja.
Wassup
Angola ??????????
The
friendly game opposing Angola to Portugal was abandoned the other day
after the
Africans were reduced to just 6 men. Angola who were leading 1-0 let in
unprecedented leg-hunting football and the referee sent off 4 while the 5th
got his leg broken. He abandoned the game at the 67th minute
when
Portugal was leading 5-1.
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15,16-11-2001
Rwanda:
Get out of DRC or no aid, Kigali authorities told
Donors have told Rwanda to withdraw from Congo as
they fear their money could be used to fund the war there.
Belgian ambassador to Congo Michel Latchenkho told
the
audience at the opening of a three-day donor conference in Kigali that
the
international community fears
that aid could be used to fund war efforts in
Congo.
He said: “in the long run, the Rwandans will lose out
though at the moment, alleged looting by the occupying
foreign forces aggravate the impoverishment of the Congolese people”.
The war in Congo has sucked in many foreign
armies. A
peace accord signed in Lusaka in 1999 called for the withdrawal of all
foreign
troops.
The reason put forward by Rwanda is the fact that
Congo is still harbouring half a million Hutus who may attack the
country
anytime. The Rwanda's Defence Minister Colonel Emmanuel Habyarimana said
that
they are ready to withdraw from Congo but “armed militias posing a
threat to our
security must be disarmed”.
Uganda and Rwanda invaded Congo in 1998, saying
they
wanted to neutralise the threat posed by rebel groups sheltered in the
east of
the former Zaire. The war widened when Namibia, Angola and Zimbabwe sent
troops
to join the Kinshasa government side. The Rwandan government of
President Paul
Kagame has been criticised for the slow pace of reform since it came to
power
after the genocide. Critics say Kagame has used external security
threats as an
excuse to restrict political freedom.
"Before we talk of any development, there must
be economic and social stability," Jean de Dieu Ntiruhungwa, Rwanda's
interior minister said, urging the international community to help with
the
disarmament phase of the Lusaka ceasefire deal.
The conference organised by the donor community
and
the Rwandan Government said it cannot guarantee the signing of cheques
before Rwandan forces withdraw
from Congo. But money is needed to alleviate poverty and HIV/AIDS in the
tiny
Central African Republic.
Burundi-Tanzania:
Its www.burundi-bushasha.NGARA
Not being big-headed, but how more popular can you
be? A U.N. agency and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
signed a
deal on Wednesday to get some 135,000 Burundian refugees hooked online.
It is
going to be a Cyber refugee camp, said a clever refugee interviewed by
Burundi-bushasha.
The UN has promised Internet services to refugees
in
a number of refugee camps in the North of Tanzania so they can catch up
with
what is going o around the world.
People in refugee camps are ecstatic, they cannot
believe it is happening so soon. “People are so excited and have the
latest
news though this famous site, so shall we”: said a refugee coming back
from
Dar-Es salaam.
The centres, the first ever in refugee camps, will
provide health, education, information and communication needs for the
refugees, ITU Secretary General Yoshio Utsumi told a media briefing but
refugees have also other things in their minds, reading news on the ever
popular site on the NET.
Communications charity Volunteers in Technical
Assistance will provide satellite support. WorldSpace Corporation, which
provides low-cost digital broadcast from satellites, will provide
equipment,
including satellite receiver and data terminals to download web-based
multimedia content.
The first centre will be opened by February 2002
in
Ngara. You are up for a treat, Ngara folks!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is great that refugees are soon receiving these
services, but we think it is much better to speed up the ceasefire talks
so
they can go back to their home land.
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08-11-2001
BURUNDI:
Rebels kidnap kids to force direct negociations, parents are furious
We have
always mentioned this in our articles that President Buyoya has never
expressed
a will to really stop the war. He mismanages his business and the
country has
been characterised by corruption for a long time now.
The
transitional government has a huge task ahead of them, they should show
how
tough they are prepared to be and how serious they are to handle
national
affaires. They should open face to face negotiations
with those elements attacking the country, FNL and FDD.
Rebels have now adopted another dirty trick of kidnapping school
children, keep
them as hostages to force the government make concessions. This strategy
is
driving parents mad, it is getting out of hand and they are not going to
wait
any longer. The government should make that a priority and do something
about
it as soon as possible to rescue those innocent angels, the leaders of
tomorrow.
But to the
amazement of the international community and Burundi-bushasha, we have
noticed
and regret to hear the president telling his cabinet this: “It does not
matter,
why don’t they kill the kids then?” Wait and see!
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06-11-2001
Africa : a
peaceful sub-Saharan Africa very soon
Of course you can day-dream
or draw conclusions, but believe it or not, something big is about to
happen in
that part of the world. Do these names or words mean anything in your
life?
Ange Felix Patasse, Paul Kagame, Yoweri Museveni, Kaunda, FDD and FNL
are
certainly not varieties of coffee, cocoa, of bananas. Check this out.
In our last editions, in
French, we told how Ugandan President refused to travel to Burundi to
avoid
meeting his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame. The old friends who
nowadays seem
to speak different languages have met today in London and had talks with
the
British Prime Minister, iron Tony Blair. After that they met again in a
mini
summit organised by the Overseas Development minister, Clare Short.
There are
tensions between the two countries since their clashes in Kisangani in
1999. Rwanda is accusing Uganda of
massing troops on its border while Uganda accuses Rwanda of harbouring
dissidents plotting to overthrow Museveni. Britain is a major donor in
the two
countries and is trying to calm down the situation which seems to worsen
day
after day. In August, Mr Museveni wrote to the British Government asking
for
military help because of the threat of attack by Rwanda.
Don’t be misled, these two
are true friends, they will be back.
In Burundi, the power seem
to be in the hands of FDD and FNL instead of the newly sworn-in
transitional
government. The two armed movements have played a major role in the war
against
the Tutsi-dominated army and indirectly forced the government to go to
the
negotiations.
Diplomats, observers and
political analysts in Bujumbura are said to be sympathetic with the two
movements, however, they think they are taking things a little too far.
Now
that there is a new government, though they are not part of it,
shouldn’t they
cooperate for the interest of all Burundians? Aren’t they fighting for
the
well-being of the population?
In the Central African
Republic, things are going from bad to worse and last night, heavy
fighting
were reported in the south of Bangui. The current crisis was triggered
by the
sack of General Francois Bozize accused of Coup attempt. His failed
arrest
simply worsened the already volatile situation. The general supporters
have
staged roadblocks in the north of the capital and the president is being
guarded by his special security and Libyan soldiers.
Further south, in Zambia,
Kaunda is tipped for a comeback. Africans remember the man with grey
hair, his
magic handkerchief and his motto “One Zambia, One Nation”. He is back.
Not
Kenneth but Tilyenji, his son. Dr
Kaunda’s party, UNIP, which ruled the country for 3 decades after
independence
has just announced their presidential candidate Tilyenji Kaunda for this
year’s
presidential and parliamentary elections.
So what do you think ?
The beginning of the end or end of the beginning!!!!!!!!!!!
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05-10-2001
Tanzanian
Trade Minister Iddi Simba has resigned amid corruption allegations, but
will
head a delegation of poor countries to a World Trade Organisation (WTO)
meeting
this week, officials said this morning in Dar-Es-salaam.
The minister
has been accused by the media and other officials for issuing regular
illegal
sugar imports licences and the Tanzania's parliament was due to debate a
125-page report containing the allegations this morning
Tanzania is
expected to to lead representatives of the world's 49 least developed
countries
(LDCs) at a WTO meeting in Doha, Qatar, from November 9-13 where rich
countries
hope to launch a new round of talks to promote free trade.
Simba, who
was appointed trade minister in 1998, has sought to forge a united front
among
the group to fight for a fair deal from industrialised nations, which
they
accuse of distorting global trade rules to exploit the poor.
Tanzania
has said poor countries should oppose the launch of a new trade round
until
rich countries keep previous commitments to open their markets to poor
countries' exports.
Reuters
reported this morning that Tanzanian
President Benjamin Mkapa was "very sorry" to receive Simba's
resignation, which would take effect from November 16.
Burundi: Clashes again
It is
reported that four soldiers have been killed in clashes between the
Government
army and Hutu rebels since the so-called “hope government” was installed
in
Bujumbura.
The new
government was sworn in last Thursday and its main goals is to reconcile
Burundians and lead the country to a violence free environment. Clashes
of this
nature between Tutsi Soldiers and
Hutu rebels have killed
more than 200,000 people since 1993 and devastated the tiny
central
African country.
Most
political parties are represented in the new cabinet, but the two main
armed
Hutu rebel groups have rejected the arrangement and vowed to continue
their
civil war against the Tutsi-dominated army.
Both rebel
groups, the FDD and FNL, are thought to have been involved in the past
three
days of violence. One rebel leader interviewed by Burundi-bushasha said:
“We
ain’t gonna stop the war until we bring the Tutsi army to its knees, we
don’t
care about the new government, it is not ours”.
One army
officer was killed this morning in Kirimbi (in southern Bururi province)
when
the army tried to chase a group of
rebels out of the province. It is also reported that government soldiers
are
fed up with the endless war and mostly demoralised after the arrival of
South
African soldiers to take part in the protection of transition
institution. Some
sources talk about soldiers defecting to rebel positions.
The weekend
was also dominated by violence. On Saturday, rebels attacked a military
patrol
in Isare, in the hills situated at 13 miles from the capital Bujumbura,
killing
three soldiers. A minibus from
Bukavu to Bujumbura was ambushed also on Saturday but all passengers
managed to
escape unheart.
On Sunday,
rebels burned the office of a local administrator in Muhweza in southern
Bururi,
around 87 miles from the capital, a military source said.
Its about
time both parties realised that only peaceful means will heal Burundi.
It also
looks like the new government has a tough task ahead but with the help
of the
international community and the neutral force to re-enforce security and
protect the transition institutions, things will improve bit by bit.
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15-10-2001
BURUNDI-South
Africa: South Africa honours its promises
After the
positive results from the Pretoria summit last Thursday in which heads
of
states from the region brokered a peace deal in Burundi , things
associated
with to the November 1 rendezvous seem to be on the right track
especially
between the two main political parties, UPRONA and FRODEBU. “Yes we have
just
agreed on a number of texts which will be shaping our Transition
Institutions”:
announced to Burundi-bushasha Mr Domitien NDAYIZEYE, deputy President to
be.
On the
other hand, according to the South African Ministry of Defence, the
country is
ready to send troops in Burundi to protect the Transition institutions
in the
next five days. South Africa has therefore proved that it honoured its
promises, contrary to what the cynics thought. We would like to point
out that
several people among the Burundi military are against a foreign army
presence
in the country. They would rather prefer to see those authorities coming
in
Burundi from exile being protected by the very army which sent them into
hiding. They want to create an atmosphere which will render those
politicians
easy to capture and netted like fish.
Following the sending of South
African troops, we have learned from the FRODEBU
headquarters that Honourable Jean MINANI, the party president and Mr
TOYI
Salvator, the Finance genius are getting ready to head back to Burundi
very
soon. Burundi-bushasha wishes them well and safe return to their
ancestors’
land, we hope their will be greeted by total peace and Security.
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11-10-2001
Burundi : Last Peace hope: South African
summit
1.
Africa
The five
countries to represent Africa in the World Cup finals are now known.
They are:
Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia and South Africa.
It is the first time that Senegal have qualified for a World
Cup final. They were in the toughest group of the qualifications and had
to
sweat to achieve the top spot. South Africa, Tunisia and Cameroon
qualified
with ease.
Here are
the final standings :
Cameroon
19
Nigeria
16
Senegal
15 +14
Angola
13
Liberia
15
Morocco
15 + 8
Zambia
11
Sudan
12
Egypt
13
Togo
9
Ghana
11
Algeria 8
Libya 2 Sierra Leone 4 Namibia 2
Tunisia
20
South
Africa
16
Cote
d’Ivoire 15
Zimbabwe
12
Congo DR
10
Burkina
Faso
5
Madagascar 6
Malawi
1
Congo
5
2.
Oceania
Australia
is top of their Continent’s qualification table just in front of Fiji.
They
will face the 5th in the south American table, most probably Brazil.
3.
Latin America
Here is the
standing in the South American qualification table:
Argentina
38
Paraguay
29
Ecuador
26
Brazil
24
Colombia
24
The
continent is represented by 4 countries but could be five if No 5
beat Australia
4.
Asia
Here are
the standings:
Group
A
Group
B
Saudi
Arabia
14
China
13
Iran
12
UAE
10
Iraq
7
Qatar
9
Bahrain
6
Uzbekistan
7
Thailand
3
Oman
2
The leaders
of each group go through automatically whereas the two runners-up clash
between
themselves to clinch the 3rd spot.
Korea
and Japan
did not need to compete as they are the ones organising the finals.
5.
Europe
Nine of the
14 countries representing Europe in the world Cup finals are already
known
namely :
The rest will
be known after the play-offs and the countries involved are:
Slovenia,
Czech Rep, Ukraine, Austria, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Belgium and
Romania.
Colombia
has lifted the South American Cup after beating Mexico 1-0. The two
teams had
beaten respectively Honduras 2-0 and Uruguay 2-1 in the semi-final.
Michael
Jordan has made a sensational comeback in the game after a 3 year
self-imposed
retirement. He will be playing for the Wizards alongside the likes of
Richard
Hamilton and Courtney Alexander.
They are
known, they are seen wandering around and they are free, they are in
power(the
army), they rule. The killers of the first ever democratically elected
President, the late Melchior NDADAYE on 21-10-1993 are neither arrested
nor tried,
they have no worries at all.
Burundi, a
country completely taken over by insecurity and impunity is ranked
second just
after Sierra Leone as far as Human Rights’ violations are concerned. To
make
matters worse, the state uses its power tools to violate its own
citizens.
Another sad
story similar to the assassination of 1993 has just reached
Burundi-bushasha.
In December 1999, Honourable Gabriel GISABWAMANA was gunned down in his
Cibitoke constituency by a member of the same group who killed the
President in
1993.
The killer,
Sergeant pascal NDIKURIYO was arrested later on and put in jail in
Mpimba
Prison. On 26September 2001, the Military Court of Bujumbura(General
Audit)
released him unconditionally with a BUFrs1000 fine, which is the
equivalent of
1US$.
In Burundi,
you can have a Dollar, kill an MP and get away with it. Where is the
country
heading to? On November 1st, the transition government will
be
formed following the Arusha peace agreement and once again BUYOYA will
be the
head of State. Independent observers ask themselves how Burundi will
reach
lasting peace without justice for all.
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27-09-2001
A meeting
between Burundi government officials, Tanzanian government and the UNHCR
has
just ended. It was reviewing the progress made in the preparation to
repatriate
half a million of Burundian refugees in Tanzania.
The
question remains to know whether there is enough security in Burundi to
ensure
safety of those going back.
The Rwandan
President Paul Kagame has declared being satisfied with the outcome of
his
meeting in Malawi with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic
Republic of
Congo.
According
to President Bakili Muluzi, tangible progress has been reached
concerning the
withdrawal of foreign troops from the DRC.
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26-09-2001
Burundi:
War, casualties and Diplomacy.
At times
sad situations may seem really funny and this can be applied to war in
Burundi.
Senseless, isn’t it? Here we are, 8 years on and Burundian are still
spending
not only sleepless nights, but being killed because of selfish and
uncompromising politicians. The country has become like the Middle East
where
only the fittest survive and where arms are the best instrument of
claiming
their rights “ a resident of Bujumbura expressed concern when he could
not hear
the sound of guns in the capital, he said everything was not OK;
madness!!!!!!!!!”.
The “Route
Nationale No1”, road connecting the capital to the rest of major cities
in
Burundi, Rwanda and East Africa(Kenya, Uganda), especially helping in
hauling first
necessity goods, had been closed since last Thursday following heavy
fighting
between Government soldiers and Hutu rebels. It was reopened on Monday
24
September. According to news of last minute sent to Burundi-bushasha, 19
people
perished in Mageyo and 12 houses burnt down in Gasozo. The heavy
fighting all
started when rebels attacked an army gathering in Gasozo, announced a
rebel
source on Saturday. According to the same source, 7 soldiers died and a
good
number of arms were seized from them.
We would
like to mention that armed groups are not yet part of the Arusha peace
agreement “We cannot be part of an agreement which was signed
unwillingly, and
which we did not sign ourselves, added CNDD-FDD and FNL”.
On the
other hand, the Speaker of Parliament Honourable Leonce Ngendakumana has
just
returned home from a 7 days visit to China. He has asked the Chinese
authorities to support the
transition institutions. He had the opportunity to talk to the Chinese
authorities in general and most especially his MPs counterparts “ Our
colleagues from the Popular Republic of China have pledged to give us a
hand,
announced Honourable Ngendakumana”.
China
supports a great deal of projects in Burundi especially in the Textile
and
medical industry. It has helped with the construction of COTEBU(textile
complex
of Bujumbura) there are Chinese doctors at Gitega Hospital and has
helped in
the construction of the Mugere hydro-electric Centre and RN7.
A source
close to the Army headquarters has confirmed that the Buyuya
Government(not the
Burundi Government, if you know what I mean) is to send 500 officers to
china,
to have a commandos style training. They want to replace the injured or
killed
soldiers, or is it to specialise so they could stab again the young
democracy in
the back?
Democrats
, be warned!!!!!!!!!!!
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25-09-2001
Rwanda-DRC
This may
seem unbelievable but true ! a fly attacking an elephant. The
Democratic
Republic of Congo, with its area of 1, 245,000 square kilometres has
been
crying for 3 years, having been attacked by Rwanda, a country barely
seen on
the African map.
It is today
Tuesday 25-09-2001 that the two enemy brothers, through their
Presidents,DRC’s
Joseph KABILA and Paul KAGAME of Rwanda, meet in Blantyre, Malawi’s
second
largest city. They will be joined by their Malawian Counterpart, Bakili
MULUZI.
According
to information gathered by Burundi-bushasha, here are the main topics on
the
agenda:
Still
talking about the Great-Lakes, we would like to mention that Burundian
President Major Pierre BUYOYA has just bought a massive property(farm)
in
Malawi, while Burundian people continue to die by famine. One ask
themselves if
the farm is of any benefit for the country or if President BUYOYA is
simply “another
version of MOBUTU”.
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24-09-2001
The application
of the Arusha Peace Agreement in Burundi continues.
As they
prepare for the formation of the transition Government;
South Africa, Senegal and Nigeria have just sent
to Burundi a technical delegation made of high military officers.
That delegation
has a mission to analyse different ways and possibilities to form a
special
unit to protect the transition institutions.
We would
like to mention that the delegation arrived on the 23rd
September
2001 and the Ghanaian envoys are still awaited.
The Arusha
Peace Agreement has agreed the formation of that special force after
realising
that the 1993 Presidential security team was not loyal at all; it is the
one
that helped in the assassination of the democratically elected
President.
The
technical delegation will be in the country for four days.
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The world’s
Racism Conference has adopted a final declaration recognising the
injustice of
slavery and colonialism and the “plight” of Palestinians. The final
declaration
was reached after the European Union and African delegations agreed to
acknowledge that slavery is a crime against humanity. It dropped the
“reparation and apology demands” to settle for dept relief. Reparation
is not
about monetary exchange, it is about African dignity, said the
conference
chairwoman, South-African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
World Cup News.
in Munich last week-end by beating them 5-1. All
goals were scored by Liverpool players, a hat-trick from Michael Owen
and two
goals from Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard.
It was Germany’s second defeat in 61 World cup
qualifiers and their first in 28 years at the Olympic Stadium.
Three
days later, England played against Albania who they beat 2-0 with Owen
scoring
again and his Liverpool team mate, Robbie Fowler scoring the winner.
They are
now top of Group Nine with Germany second on goal difference. They need
only a
goal against Greece at Old Trafford on October 6 to automatically
qualify for
Korea-Japan Finals next year. Finland beat Greece 5-1 and want to upset
the
Germans on October 6.
-Koreans eat 3 times a day and up to TWENTY
dishes can be eaten during a meal.
-The Korean language resembles , Finnish and
Turkish instead of Chinese or Japanese.
-The ancient martial art Taekwondo was invented
in Korea.
-It is not unusual to find Japanese peeing in
crowded streets and public loos are often unisex.
-The Japanese consider rude eating in the streets.
-Women
are considered second-class citizens in Japan. Unmarried women after the
age of
25 are often called “Christmas Cake”, they are treated as USELESS after
25.
Tennis.
Venus
Williams has won the American Open after beating her younger sister
Serena
Williams 6-2, 6-4 in 68 minutes. The world No 2 and 2000 and 2001
Wimbledon
champion declared: Its all going fine with me, I now have to concentrate
on my
ranking. The message sent a warning to World No 1 Martina Hingis who has
not
won a Grand Slam for a while now. Venus’ kid sister Serena is said to be
gutted
after losing to her older sister for the second time in two years.
She lost in the Wimbledon 2000 in the
semi-finals and could not contain her tears. The latest defeat proves
that the
two sisters do not fix matches as often portrayed in the media.
Sorry we
haven’t been able to update our site in the last few days. It has been
due to a
technical fault beyond our control. We will be resuming updates very
soon.
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29-08-2001
The United
States will not attend a Racism Conference because of the language used,
critical on Israel. The US Secretary of State Colin Powell will not
attend the
Conference, said the Department spokesman, Richard Bucher.
This comes
after negotiations to remove language that labels Israel as “racist”.
Bucher said
sending a delegation to the Conference which starts on Friday in Durban,
South
Africa would associate the US with positions considered “offensive”.
The UN
General Assembly which had labelled Israel’s policies of Zionism as
“racist” in
1975 dropped the charges after the 1991 Madrid peace talks. The Bush
administration
also objected to support for reparations for slavery. The conference
will be
attended by 20 leaders including Fidel Castro of Cuba and Rwandan
President
Paul Kagame.
Burundian,
Tanzanian and UNHCR officials have been meeting for the last couple of
days to
discuss the repatriation of Burundian refugees living in Tanzania.
It is
reported that Rwandan refugees who left the country following the 1994
genocide
and the war in 1990 and 1996 continue to go back to their country. The
United
High Commission for Refugees is evacuating Angolan refugees from the
Congolese
province of “Bas Congo”.
R&B
singer and actress Aaliyah, 22 is among eight people who have died in a
light
aircraft in the Bahamas. She and other people were flying back to the US
after
filming her latest video when the plane crashed. Aaliyah, known to fans
as
“Baby Girl” recorded her first album “Age ain’t nothing but a number” in
1994
at the age of 15 with the production of R&B guru, R Kelly. She went
on to
release another Album in 1996 “ One in a Million” and starred in a movie
“Romeo
must die”, whose soundtrack “Try Again” was also massive. She had just
released
a new album.
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26-08-2001
Last night, Iain Duncan Smith emerged favourite
to win the contest, in a poll conducted by ICM for the Daily Telegraph,
giving
him 76% against 26% for his rival Kenneth Clarke. The successor of
William
Hague has a tough task to unite the party and trying to win the 2005
elections
after the two landslide defeat by the Labour Party(1997,2001) headed by
the
Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Today’s
news are dominated by Football.
Leicester
City’s misery continued after yet another defeat by Arsenal 4-0. The
match was
marked by a sensational goal from Nigerian Kanu at the last of his 4
minutes on
the pitch.
Here are
other results:
-Tottenham
1-2 Blackburn
-Southampton
0-2 Chelsea
-Everton
2-0 Middlesborough
-Fulham0-0
Derby
-Ipswich
0-1 Charlton
-West Ham
0-0 Leeds
-Fulham 2-0
Sunderland
-Aston
Villa 1-1 Manchester United
-Bolton 1-3
Ipswich (Finidi George scores twice)
-Bolton 1-0
Middlesborough(3 defeats in 3 games)
Top scorer:
Louis Saha, 3 goals-Fulham. Note that there are sometimes two
games per
team, per week in the Premiership(England).
Here are
the results in the 1st Division (week 4)
-Guingamp1-0 Nantes
-Bastia 1-0 Marseille
-Lorient 2-0 Monaco
-Montpellier 2-0 Sochaux
-Paris saint Germain 3-0 Rennes
-Sedan 2-0 Metz
-Troyes 0-2 Lyon
-Bordeaux 1-1 Auxerre
Lyon are
top of the table, Lens are second with goal difference.
Top scorer:
D CISSE, 7 goals-Auxerre
On the
first day of the la Liga season 2001-02 , Real Madrid , with Zinedine
Zidane,
were beaten by Valencia 1-0.
Here are
other results:
-Deportivo
4-0 Valadolid
-Espanyol
2-1 Zaragoza
-Osasuna
0-3 Celta
-Real
Sociedad 1-3 Athletico Bilbao
-CD
Tenerife 0-2Alaves
Liverpool
have beaten Bayern Munich in the European super cup at the Louis II
stadium, in
Monaco. The Reds of Gerard Houllier set another record by winning their 5th
cup within a year.
Here are
the Bundesliga results (4th week)
-Hertha BSC
2-3 Cottbus
-Koln 0-2
M’gladbatch
-Schalke04 3-3
Leverkusen
-Bremen 1-3 1860
Munchen
-Hamburg 2-3
Kaiserslarten
-Nurnmburg 2-4
Stuttgart
-FC Bayern 2-0 St
Pauli
-Wolfsburg 1-1
Freiburg
-Rostock 0-2
Dortmund
The first
day of the Serie A was red hot as Juventus romped Venezia 4-0 while
Inter Milan
beat Perugia 4-1.
Here are
other results:
-Brescia 2-2
AC Milan
-Fiorentina
0-2 Chievo
-Lazio
0-1Piacenza
-Lecce 1-1 Parma
-Udinese 2-2 Torino
-Bologna
1-0 Atalanta.
-Esperance 0-0 Mamelodi Sundowns(South Africa)
in Pretoria
-TP Mazembe 1-0 Julius
Berger(Nigeria) in
Kinshasa
-El Ahly 3-0 Petro Athletico(Angola) in Luanda
Senegal who
have qualified for the world cup are not in the top ten, the DRC are
15th and
No71 in the world, Burundi are 34th and No 137 in the world,
just
ahead of Rwanda(35th and No 140 in the world). The last spot,
52 is
held by Somalia and are ranked No 197 in the world.
Temperatures
will range from 18 degree Celsius to 32 in Bujumbura, 15-29 in Kigali,
20-30 in
Kinshasa, 12-27 in Nairobi, 18-30 in Dar Es Salaam.
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20-08-2001
International News in
Brief
· At least 36 people are
reported killed and 30 injured at a mine in Ukraine.
· Angola: an independent
Angolan journalist Gilberto Neto has been banned to leave the country
following
a story published 2 years ago.
· The Angolan government
has blamed UNITA rebels for the attack on a train this week. At least 90
people
were killed and hundreds injured.
· Zimbabwe: police have
arrested a number of journalists after stories of white owned farms
confiscation stories-related were published. The arrests have re-ignited
concerns about the freedom of the press in the run up to presidential
elections
next year.
· The 3 IRA men arrested in
Columbia for allegedly training Marxist rebels are to be deported. But
the
Columbian officials are perplexed by the whole scenario. Apparently the 3
were
to gain information on a mortar-fired
"super-bomb" and
they are said to have a connections with Cuba, government in Havana
confirms.
· Former US Vice-President
Al Gore has appeared in Public for the first time since his
controversial
defeat in Us presidential elections last year. He has been on a long
holiday in
Europe, he has gained weight and grown a beard. Apparently, he would
have to
shave off his beard if he is to stand for election in 2004. 30% of
Americans
say they would back him if he stood next time.
· Finally: How Old were you
when you had your first job?
She is 2years old and has
just landed a teaching job. Clever Diana Graham(UK) learned sign
language
before she could talk-and is fluent aged two. She uses the signs to
communicate
with mum, 37 who is deaf and she can identify lots of colours and knows
signs
for her favourite TV programmes. Her grand mum whose parents were also
deaf
said she learned the signs when she was a tot but she was not as clever
as
Diana.
Diana has now a job at
their local supermarket(ASDA) where she teaches the staff so they can
communicate with deaf customers.
How about a laugh ?
· Before the G8 summit,
American President George Dabya Bush was asked to name the names of the
eight
G8 members and answered with a grin. He said: "That's easy, they are
Superman, Spiderman,….."
(Dave Letterman-The late Show with Dave Letterman…CBS)
· During his recent European tour, president Bush visited the UK and met
the
Queen. "Apart from both being head of States, they have something else
in
common; neither one of them has actually won an election".
(Dave Letterman-The late Show with Dave Letterman…CBS)
· Former American President Bill Clinton has a new office in New York.
He has a
special chair enabling him to have a 360 degree view, just in case wife
Hillary
comes in by surprise. Lewinsky is not a member of staff but there are
other
gorgeous young ladies.
(Dave Letterman-The late Show with Dave Letterman…CBS)
· The Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has asked Kenyans to go two years
without sex to cut down the spread of the deadly HIV-AIDS virus.
· Wycleff Jean is not as tough as we thought after all. He says he calls
his
mum everyday from wherever he is in the world. The former star of the
group
Fugees who has just released a tune entitled "Perfect Gentleman" with
lyrics such as: "I call up my mum to tell her I'm in love with a
stripper" admits: I must call my mum, otherwise she can kick my a**
anytime.
· A fun saddened by the spilt between Jennifer Lopez(JLo) and Puff Daddy
said:
"JLo ain't nothing but a big booty mother f*****, we see many like her
in
the hood"
Sport News
Tennis :-Serena Williams has
defeated Monica Seres in the Canadian Open to book a place in the final.
She
will play fellow American Jennifer Capriati.
-Andre Agassi was beaten by number 10 seed Sjeng Schalken in the
Washington
Open. The Dutchman will meet Andy Roddick in the final.
Formula 1: Here are the
results(top 5) of the Hungarian Grand Prix warm up.
Position Name Team Country
1 Coulthard David Mclaren
Mercedes Great Britain
2 Schumacher Michael Ferrari Germany
3 Barrichello Rubens Ferrari Brazil
4 Schumacher Raff Williams BMW Germany
5 Hakkinen Mika Mclaren Mercedes Finland
Michael Schumacher has won
the Hungarian Grand Prix with his Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello
coming
second. The Briton David Coulthard finished third while the youngest of
the
Schumacher brothers, Raff finished 4th. The number five spot was taken
by Mika
Hakkinen.
Football
England: There were lots of
surprises in the first week of the English premiership this weekend.
Here are
the results.
-Charlton were beaten at
home by Everton (1-2)
-Derby beat newly promoted Blackburn (2-1)
-Leeds 2-0 Southampton
-Liverpool 2-1 West Ham
-Sunderland 1-0 Ipswich
-Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
-The biggest upset came from the underdogs, newly promoted Bolton
already
tipped to go down at the end of the season as they hammered Leicester
5-0.
-Manchester United beat Fulham 3-2. Fulham, team owned by
multi-millionaire
Egyptian Mohamed Fayed, playing in the premiership for the first time
were
ahead twice through goals from Luis Saha. But 2 goals from Ruud Van
Nistelrooy
and one from England captain David Beckham destroyed the visitors at Old
Trafford.
-Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle.
Top goal: Alan Smith, Leeds
as voted by Ali Mccoist(The Premiership ITV1)
Italy: Juventus have beaten
AC Milan on penalties to claim the pre-season Luigi Berlusconi trophy on
Saturday after a 1-1 draw.
Juve scored on the 4th minute through Alessandro Del Piero while AC
Milan's
goal came from Serginho on the 80th minute. Juve Won on penalties 3-2.
Did you know? Luigi
Berlusconi is Italian Prime Minister since May this year, the owner of
AC Milan
and Italy's richest man.
France: -Lens have retained
the top spot on week 4 of the French division championship after beating
Olympique Marseille 2-0 when the Senegalese trio: El Hadji Diouf, Pape
Sarr and
Ferdinand Coly went berserk.
-PSG held Monaco to 2-2
-Auxerre seized second place.
Germany: Here are the
weekend's Bundesliga results (Day 4)
FC Schalke 04 3-3 Bayer 04
Leverkusen
FC Werder Bremen 1-3 TSV 1860 Munchen
Hamburger SV 2-3 1.FC Kaiserlautern
FC Bayern Munichen 2-0 FC St. Pauli
VFL Wolfsburg 1-1 FC Freiburg
FC Hansa Rostock 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
Spain: Luis Figo has
admitted he may not see out his 6 year contract with Real Madrid. The
former
most expensive player at £37 million has told Portuguese newspaper
Record: I
hope to return to Portugal in the near future.
The Spanish championship(La
Liga) will begin on the 26th August and Burundi-Bushasha will bring you
all the
actions. Here are next weekend's fixtures:
26-8-01: Malaga V Relis
Balompie
26-8-01 Valencia V Real Madrid
26-8-01 Deportivo
Corunia V Valladolid
26-8-01 Mallorca V Palmas
26-8-01 Real Sociedad V Athletico Bilbao
26-8-01 CD Tenerife V Alaves
26-8-01 Osasuna V Celta
Rayo
26-8-01 Vallesano V Villarreal
26-8-01 Sevilla FC V Barcelona
26-8-01 Espanyol V Zaragoza
Africa
-Senegal have qualified for
the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan after beating Morocco and Namibia.
They
defeated Namibia 5-0 after Morocco had failed to grab a point they
needed to
qualify in Dakar. Egypt was in the same group.
So far, Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal have qualified and other two
countries
are still awaited.
-A draw was held on the
18th August in New Delhi for the first Afro-Asian tournament. The
tournament
will start in new Delhi on November 2 and the first two top teams will
advance
in the semi-finals.
Here are the two groups:
Group A
Group
B
Nigeria
Cameroon
India
Iran
Turkmenistan
South
Africa
Morocco
Kuwait
- Finidi George has moved
to Ipswich for £3.1 million from Real Mallorca and had an immediate
impact in
their 1-0 defeat of Sunderland. The Nigerian Star has promised a lot of
goals
and will continue his bizarre goal celebration.
- Lucas Radebe has lost his captaincy at Leeds to Rio Ferdinand, the
England
international most expensive defender in the world. He was bought at £18
million from Hest Ham last season. It is said that Radebe may as well
lose the
arm band for his country, South Africa.
- South African Phil Masinga has been refused a work permit to play for
Coventry City. He has already played in England for Leeds and has been
playing
in the Italian Serie A for Bari. Coventry will appeal against the
decision.
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15-08-2001
Burundi : Armed
Political Movements
It has been sometime since
we heard much about the political heavyweight movement, CNDD-FDD.
We hear these days from various sources that the movement is set to make
a
comeback in the headlines. But reliable sources state that the weight
given to
the news may be exaggerated and need to be verified and confirmed.
Therefore,
the General Directorate of the movement has promised to say something
about the
issue in our forthcoming editions. At the same occasion, it will shed
some light
on the relations between the movement and FNL. Burundi-bushasha will
bring you
an exclusive of the true and original story, so watch this space.
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14-08-2001
Various News from the
Region
· In Burundi, at least 30
members and officials of PARENA have been arrested and put in prison
last week.
They were demonstrating together with other non-members against what is
known
as international troops as stipulated in the Arusha peace process.
PARENA is
the party headed by former President Jean Baptiste Bagaza.
In the Arusha peace accords signed on 28-8-2000, Burundians have agreed
to
create a 50-50 national army to be shared between the two rival ethnic
groups,
the Hutu and the Tutsi.
· The World Food Programme has began feeding people in the government
held
province of Katanga, according to the BBC World Service. WFP says that
more
than 150,000 displaced people are in urgent need of food aid .
· The French Foreign Minister has left Kigali yesterday where he held
talks
with the Rwanda President Paul Kagame. It was the first visit of a
French
Official since the 1994 Crisis which worsened relations between the two
countries. In Brazzaville, the Frenchman will meet Congolese President
Denis
Sassou Nguesso. AS he continues his tour of the Great Lakes in the
Central
African Region, he gas offered to offer support in resolving the
conflict in
the DRC.
· Britain has agreed to help in the disarmament of rebels attacking the
Rwandan
Government's troops. DFID Minister Claire Short announced that the
programme
will cost a total of $ 7billion and a big part of the amount will be
given to
women to convince their husbands to give up those acts of violence. The
rebels
attacking Rwanda are said to be those defeated in 1994 following the
genocide.
Be warned African
women
Various body creams and
soaps are flooding African beauty stores as African women continue their
search
in lighter skins. But most of those creams and soaps contain chemicals
like
hydroquinone and mercury, powerful poisons forbidden in western
countries.
Dermatologists say that those products usually bleach by breaking down
skin
melanin and destroy its skin's protective outer layer in the process.
In the long run, the skin
starts to burn and turns even blacker than before. Prolonged use can
lead to
kidney failure or skin cancer which can cause death. Those products that
are
mostly present in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and a few other
Sub-Sahara
African states.
13-08-2001
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