Burundi Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on Burundi and specifically in the context of Great Lakes conflicts. For related web links, see Rwanda Web Links and Regional Resources: Africa.
These links complement the USIP Special Report: Post-Genocide Reconciliation: Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi.
General Resources
The sites below collect links to other Internet resources which describe the background, history and current events in Burundi.
- Africa
South of the Sahara: Burundi
An extensive collection of well-annotated links compiled by Karen
Fung at Stanford University for the African Studies Association.
Includes links to email lists, newsgroups, special projects, databases
and archives, articles and documents, non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), news and general sources. Organized alphabetically.
- African Studies Center | Burundi
Page
Varied selection of annotated links from the African
Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, covering general information,
country map and other collections of links.
- INCORE
guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Burundi
A selective list of annotated links to news sources, articles and
documents, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), maps, general
sources, etc. from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity.
- Index
on Africa: Countries: Burundi
The web site for Index on Africa,
a project of the Norwegian Council for Africa, contains extensive
annotated links organized by topical
category and country.
Also includes news and information,
and discussion
boards. Within each individual country page, links are organized by subject category.
Includes the date a specific link was added and the tabulation
of hits since then. The web site has an additional search function and provides a subscription to an e-mail news list.
 Government Agencies and International Organizations
African Union
- African Union
Successor organization to the Organization of African Unity (OAU),
the African Union's web site has news and events, documents, a listing
of member states (including Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) and related
web links.
United Nations
- Integrated
Regional Information Network (IRIN): Burundi
IRIN, a unit of the United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),
provides a clearinghouse of information for humanitarian and international
communities on the crises in sub-Saharan Africa. Its web site contains
special reports and news briefs organized by country and region,
such as Great
Lakes and Central Africa. Includes links to related web sites
and additional news reports by subject or theme. An e-mail
subscription for IRIN reports is also available.
- Reliefweb:
Burundi The Latest
ReliefWeb, a project
of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), has the latest news and "humanitarian response information
on current emergencies and countries of concern" in its section
on complex
emergencies. This includes the countries of the Great
Lakes. Also includes documents and related links organized by
by country,
a map center,
and site map and search capability. Within country listing, related
links include background information and topics such as refugees
and IDPs with a link to IDPs
in Burundi from the Global
IDP Project on internally displaced persons.
- United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA)
Web site of the UN organization based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Includes links to reports, statements, news sources, a list
of member states, ECA partners and other organizational
information.
- UNHCR: Country
of Origin and Legal Information
The web site for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) has databases for country of origin and legal information
documents and reports. Pull-down menus allow selection by country
and/or subject and a specific search engine feature is also provided.
Each country compilation includes links to country reports, legal
documents, news and maps.
United States
- Burundi: Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2003
Extensive report from the U.S. Department of State. Reports for
1993-1999,
2000,
2001, and 2002 are
also available online.
- USAID Africa: Burundi Country Information
Information on Rwanda from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID with congressional presentations on
USAID activities and links to related web sites, such as Transition Initiatives: Rwanda. Includes an annual report and strategic plan, Rwanda mission contact information,
- U.S. Department of State
- Bureau of African Affairs
Includes links to official statements, press briefings, fact sheets,
and links to other related Internet sites. Includes an index for
individual country profiles and a link to the archives
1997-2000.
- U.S. Department
of State: International Information Programs: African Issues
Extensive coverage of topical issues, links to reports, fact sheets,
the Washington File database, U.S. embassies, news and links to
related web sites.
- U.S.
Institute of Peace Library-Commissions of Inquiry: Burundi
Description of an international commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye on October 21, 1993. Includes links
to the UN Security Council1995 resolution and the full-text of the 1996 report. Part of the United
States Institute of Peace Library's Truth Commissions Digital Collection.
Maps and Guides
- Burundi:
CIA World Factbook
Country information for Burundi covering the geography, people,
economy, government, and infrastructure. Includes a map.
- Burundi
Maps
Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the
University of Texas at Austin for Burundi. These maps were produced
by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
- ReliefWeb:
Burundi
Regional and thematic maps from the UN's ReliefWeb covering Burundi, particularly movement of refugees and humanitarian assistance.
- Your Nation
An interactive database with information derived from the CIA
World Factbook,Your Nation allows the user to compare or rank
statistics for any two countries or display a statistical summary
for an individual country. Settings are customizable.
Media and News Sources
Political Resources and Peace Agreements
- Peace Agreements Digital Collection: Burundi
Includes the full-text for the Arusha
Agreement signed in Arusha, Tanzania, on August 28, 2000 and the
Pretoria
Protocol on Political, Defence,and Security Power Sharing in Burundi,
signed in Pretoria, South Africa on October 8, 2003. Part of the United States Institute
of Peace Library's Peace Agreements Digital
Collection.
- Political
Resources on the Net: Burundi
Links to information on elections, various political parties and
organizations, news and general resources.
Updated: September 23, 2004
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