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Meheba (Zambia): 3rd host country, an illusion for Burundian refugees
Several Burundian refugees from the Meheba camp in Zambia yearn for a third host country, especially the sick. However, the UNHCR speaks to them of illusion, especially since they have
Muramvya: the provincial prison overcrowded
Built in 1948 with a capacity of 100 people, the central prison of Muramvya (central Burundi) hosts 772 detainees, or more than 700%. This prison overcrowding has a negative impact
Uvira: a physician killed by armed men
Dr Merci Mudandaza, director of Nyakirango hospital was killed in an armed attack. It took place this Sunday at the end of the afternoon in the locality of Nyalubwe in
Photo of the week: Joseph Ntakarutimana elected EALA speaker
The election of Honorable Joseph Ntakarutimana as head of the EAC Legislative Assembly makes Burundi a very important country in the decision-making of this community. Burundi is now at the
Bururi: four people from the same family in detention
Four people belonging to the same family have been detained since Christmas night in police cells in Bururi (southern Burundi). Three of them are suspected of having tried to free
Giharo: embezzlement of district funds
Members of the district council ask for clarification on the case of embezzlement of more than 20 million Burundi francs. The diversion was detected by a delegation from the ministry
Nyanza-Lac: a meeting of the communal council boycotted
Most of the municipal council members refused to show up in a meeting convened by the office of the dismissed council. This isolated meeting had been convened by the vice-president
Uganda-Kenya: Nakivale camp left to fill Kakuma
For some time, several refugees from the Nakivale camp in Uganda have been traveling to Kakuma in Kenya to seek asylum following poor living conditions. More than a thousand refugees
Nyanza-Lac: the former communal administrator and the communal secretary of the CNDD-FDD released
Jean Claude Nduwimana and Thadée Ndayishimiye, former administrator of Nyanza-Lac and secretary of the CNDD-FDD in the commune of Nyanza-Lac (province of Makamba, southern Burundi) were released on Wednesday. It
War in the DRC: the M23 gives up part of its positions
This Friday, the M23 officially announced that its fighters are withdrawing from the Kibumba positions. It is about twenty kilometers from the city of Goma, capital of the province of