Al Jazeera America's Tom A. Peter reports on the movement of Burundian refugees into Tanzania, a movement that might be more durable than many might wish.

When Niyonzima Peruz fled mounting violence in her home country of Burundi in 1996, she guessed it might be decades before she could return ( Read more... )

Over at A Fistful of Euros, Douglas Muir talks ("Dans la Francophonie") about the spread and depth of knowledghe of the French language in Burundi, and what thsi explains about that and otehr countries.

Certain things are sort of clicking into place here. The biggest is why France has traditionally been so… um… engaged, with Francophone Africa. ( Read more... )