41.   Unidentified gunmen late Wednesday shot dead a senior official in the Burundian government as he was recovering from malaria in a hospital in the Rwandan capital Kigali.

42.   It is the first time the Burundian government has called for external assistance to resolve its crisis.

43.   Mise said he would hold talks early Monday with Burundian government officials on the plight of the refugees.

44.   Six new ministers entered the Burundian government of Prime Minister Pascal-Firmin Ndimira following an extensive weekend cabinet reshuffle, a statement said Tuesday.

45.   Stating that his mission was to suggest a political, non-military solution, he added that he was pleased the Burundian government had said it was willing to negotiate.

46.   Tanzania has called on the Burundian government to immediately end ethnic massacres and threatened retaliation if killings of Tanzanian citizens in Burundi did not stop.

47.   The Burundian government regularly accuses Zaire of providing the rebels with their rear support bases.

48.   The Burundian government is opposed to foreign intervention.

49.   The current Burundian government was formed after a long-running political crisis with Hutu and Tutsi dominated parties struggling for power.

50.   The Burundian government, an uneasy coalition between the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi communities, called Friday for UN assistance in internal security and humanitarian aid.