21.   Celebratory gunfire echoed through the night and prayers were said during the morning, followed by joyful family reunions and feasting.

22.   Celebratory gunfire echoed through the night and prayers were said during the morning, followed by joyful family reunions and festive feasting.

23.   Earlier Sunday sporadic gunfire earlier echoed through the northern suburb, after a relatively quiet night.

24.   Two others were killed in sniper firing elsewhere in the city, police said, while heavy gunfire echoed around several districts.

25.   Sporadic gunfire Friday echoed through troubled Hutu suburbs in northern Bujumbura amid looming political crisis over stiff parliamentary opposition to emergency powers aimed at preventing civil war.