The government of Burundi promised to pull troops out of Congo in return for a Congolese promise to stop supporting rebels in Burundi.
On 22 December 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed his Deputy Special Representative for Burundi, Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia, as his Executive Representative for Burundi and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), which was established on 1 January 2007, following the conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) on 31 December 2006.
The results mean Zanzibar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and Eritrea have all booked their quarter-finals places.
Then the UN and Burundi would negotiate and work together to set up the commission.
Burundi will be waiting for Sudan in Wednesday's semi final, after they swept aside Eritrea 2-1.
The leaked UN experts' report says the FDLR is being resupplied with sophisticated weaponry through Burundi.
Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania are among other African nations to have discussed counterfeit phone bans.
So far, Benin, Lesotho and Burundi have completed their studies and had their reports validated.
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It has opened up the labour market to immigrants from Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
In Burundi and Mozambique, for example, expenditure levels rose by an average of 12% each year.
Yet this group consumes 27% of all public funding for education (see box on Burundi).
Burundi has frequently accused Tanzania of allowing the rebels to use its territory to launch attacks.
Burundi's government is also hampered by the sanctions imposed by its neighbours after the 1996 coup.
Colonel Pierre Buyoya, Burundi's current ruler, said in a Christmas speech that security had improved.
The BBC's Rob Walker in the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, says the real challenge will come after elections.
However, Burundi's Tutsis would fear for their own safety if the nation's army was commanded by Hutus.
Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the 800 in 1:56.72, a meet record and a world best this season.
Burundi's increasingly vibrant, independent media and non-governmental organisations are likely to be watching carefully for any similar tendencies.
The win was the first of the tournament for Kenya after losing to both hosts Tanzania and Burundi.
Seven of the missing players are from Burundi, four from Liberia, three from Cameroon and one from Afghanistan.
In Uganda or Burundi, for example, aid and protection get to internal refugees only when the governments allow it.
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So far only Uganda and Burundi have contributed soldiers to the AU force, which currently has some 6, 000 troops.
In 1995, a lone gunman shot dead Burundi's Energy and Mines Minister Ernest Kabushemeye in the nation's capital, Bujumbura.
Meanwhile, Burundi came from behind to beat Eritrea 2-1 in their quarter final.
Yet Burundi's Hutus were radicalised by the overthrow of their democratically elected government.
In the end, seven of them from four countries -- Burundi, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Liberia -- were admitted to Berry.
The European Union praised Burundi for holding a peaceful presidential election but criticised the government for limits on political expression.
Millions of people face starvation across Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi, the Congo and Rwanda, according to the UN.
Frodebu won Burundi's last election in June 1993, but its leader, Melchior Ndadaye, was assassinated after four months in office.
Tanzania is home to hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees, some of whom use their camps from which to attack Burundi.
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