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BujumburaCapital and largest city of Burundi, it is also a port located at the northeastern end of Lake Tanganyika; population (1996 est) 300,000. Bujumbura is the main banking and financial centre of Burundi; industries include food processing, textiles, leather, paper, and paint manufacture. It was founded in 1899 by German colonists. The city was made capital of the Belgian mandate of Ruanda-Urundi in 1923 and was known as Usumbura. The reduction of its hinterland and continual political disturbance in Burundi led to a slower growth than in most African capitals in the post-independence decade. The University of Burundi was established in 1960. |
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- The Catholic bishops of Burundi in central Africa are requiring engaged couples to be tested for HIV before they can be married in the church, according to the BBC. The resolution "noted with satisfaction" the progress made by members of the Advisory Committee in implementing the programme of activities for the period 2001-2002, The text is not about the conference, said officials, but about the Standing Advisory Committee which arranged the sub-conference, as a follow-up to a "Sub-regional Conference on the Question of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Central Africa", held in August 2000 in Bujumbura, Burundi, In keeping with recommendations adopted in February at the Regional Conference on Assistance to Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in the Great Lakes Region, held in Bujumbura, Burundi, States should facilitate the return of refugees, the Council said. |
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