Archive

Security

Rwanda-DRC: DRC accuses Rwanda of planning a massacre of Congolese Tutsis in order to find an alibi to invade (press release)

In a press release, the Congolese army again accuses the Rwandan army of having sent troops to the province of North Kivu (eastern DRC) to occupy certain areas of this

Human Rights

Rutana: the prosecutor of Rutana and the former head of the SNR under legal proceedings

The public prosecutor in the province of Rutana (south-east of Burundi) is being prosecuted for failing to assist a person in danger as the former head of the national intelligence

Security

Masisi (DRC) : the city of Kitshanga fell into the hands of the M23

Since Thursday evening, M23 rebels have taken control of the city of Kitshanga located some 80 kilometers northwest of the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu

Society

Burundi : users of the Ecocash system in disarray

The Burundi Revenue Authority (OBR) seized accounts of the Econet Wireless Burundi mobile phone company. Users of its Ecocash money transfer system can no longer withdraw their money. Super agents,

Refugees

Nyarugusu (Tanzania): a Burundian refugee found dead

A Burundian refugee, about forty years, was murdered by unidentified persons near the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. The police suspect the track of banditry gone wrong. Several people were

Politic

Rwanda-DRC: Kigali identifies Kinshasa as the only enemy in the sub-region

On Thursday, the Rwandan minister for diplomacy was in parliament to “brief” the people’s elected representatives on the current state of Rwandan diplomacy. Dr. Vincent Biruta said that in the

Human Rights

Makamba : three men including a school principal in detention for rape of minors

Three men are detained by the police in Makamba province (southern Burundi). Among them, the director of the basic school of Kigongo. The three men are accused of sexual rape

Refugees

Nyarugusu (Tanzania): mkimbizi mwenye asili ya Burundi alipatikana akiwa maiti

Mkimbizi kutoka Burundi mwenye umri wa miaka takriban miaka 40 aliuwawa na watu wasiojulikana karibu ya kambi ya wakimbizi ya Nyarugusu nchini Tanzania. Polisi inasema ni tukio la wizi lililokwenda

Politic

Rwanda-DRC : Kigali inadai kuwa aduwi wake peke katika ukanda huu ni Kinshasa

Waziri wa Rwanda wa diplomasia alikuwa bungeni alhamisi kwa ajili ya ” kueleza” wawakilishi hao wa wananchi kuhusu hali ya sasa ya ushirikiano wa Rwanda. Daktari Vincent Biruta alihakikisha kuwa

Governance

Burundi : watumiaji wa mtandao wa Ecocash wajawa na hofu

Mamlaka ya kukusanya mapato ya serikali (OBR) ilichukuwa udhibiti wa akaunti za kampuni ya mawasiliano ya simu za mkononi ya Econet Wireless Burundi. Watumiaji wa mfumo wake kutuma na kupokea