Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Burundi gets $2 billion aid pledge, UN says

Burundi's President Nkurunziza leaves after the closing ceremony of the 14th annual Francophonie summit in KinshasaGENEVA (Reuters) - Donors have pledged more than $2 billion for Burundi's 2012-2015 development strategy to help the central African nation rebuild after civil war, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "We ended up with more than $2 billion registered commitments at the conference," Pamphile Muderega of the National Aid Coordination Committee said in a statement. "This represents a doubling of our already optimistic expectations," he said. The statement was issued by the U.N. ...


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