Current news sources, from PANA the Dakar based news
agency created to provide an African perspective on news events, and other
sources. Formed from a merger with the former Africa News of Durham,
NC. http://allafrica.com/burundi/
In French. Recent news from RTNB, Radiodiffusion et Television Nationale
du Burundi, the government radio and TV service. Based in Bujumbura. [KF]
http://www.burundi-quotidien.com/
Subscription only. May or may not have news on Burundi Up-to-date
news from, Agence France Presse, AP, Reuters. Your internet service provider
(or university) must be a subscriber for you to access the stories. Many
universities subscribe. news:clari.world.africa.eastern
A selection of articles from the latest issue of the print Kenya newspaper. Also covers Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda news. http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/
Subscription only. Some universities subscribe. Does
not have the latest news but good for researching news from a week ago back
to 1985. Has selected reports from the BBC Monitoring Service (English
translations of news), Agence France Presse, IPS, PANA, radio and/or TV
stations. [KF] http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
News reports on Burundi and Rwanda by the Arcata, California non-profit
organization, Internews, which supports the independent press. http://www.internews.org/PROJECTS/ICTR_Othernews.html
Sample issues online in French, Kirundi, Kiswahili. http://www.intumwa.org/
irinlist
The U.N. Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs, Integrated Regional Information
Network has a mailing list, irinlist, with up-to-date news on the
Great Lakes area including Uganda. To join, send email to: majordomo@dha.unon.org
In the message area put: subscribe irinlist
Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Covers the BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts, Agence France Presse, New York Times,
Washington Post, Guardian (London), Africa News, Associated
Press, TV transcripts, and many more sources. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Recent articles
on Burundi from IPS, Amnesty International, African Rights (London),
and other organizations. Has a keyword search facility.
Burundi News: http://www.oneworld.org/news/africa/burundi.html
All African countries: http://193.128.6.150/news/africa/index.html
Current news on Burundi,
newspaper articles, newswire stories, UN reports, etc. Maintained by the
UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int
In French. Independent news agency. Has press releases from 1996 to the
present, Burundi facts, links to other Burundi sites. Maintained by Compagnie
Burundaise d'Informatique, Bujumbura. http://www.netpress.bi
Current news links to online sources such as the BBC, South African online
newspapers, AllAfrica.com, etc. Background information on politics, history
(a chronology, essays with photographs), Bujumbura map, etc. The site owner
is Trond Grainge Schjerven. http://homepage.mac.com/trondsc/Burundi/index.html