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Human Rights

Kirundo: pregnant women demand free ultrasound

The minister for health suspended the payment of ultrasound bill at the Kirundo hospital (northern Burundi) as is done elsewhere in other public health structures. However, pregnant women who request

Security

Gahuna: FARDC and FDNB arrested five people including two Burundians

The five individuals were arrested this Saturday at the beginning of the afternoon. They are suspected of supplying fallen Colonel Makanika, commander of the Twirwaneho armed group made up of

Security

Beni: several Christians killed in a bomb explosion

Another bloody attack occurred this Sunday in the territory of Beni, in the city of Kasindi, bordering Uganda, in the province of North Kivu, eastern DRC. Several people (all Christians)

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya): a mutual aid association between Burundian refugees

Intellectuals, religious people, young students and enlightened refugees have created an association for mutual aid between Burundian refugees called “Umoja Ni Nguvu (unity is strength)”. The objective is to mobilize

Human Rights

North Kivu: the civil society warns of what it describes as a plan for the balkanization of the DRC by neighboring countries

The provincial coordination of the civil society in North Kivu, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, warns of what it calls “a macabre plan of balkanization and exploitation of

Security

Gitega: a man seriously injured by Imbonerakure

On the night of January 3, Richard Niyongabire was found in a small bush following an epileptic seizure. He was seriously beaten up by a group of five Imbonerakure (members

Health

Burundi: sixty-six cholera cases already detected (ministry)

This Wednesday, authorities at the ministry in charge of health held a press briefing about the cholera epidemic. They say the disease identified in December 2022 north of the commercial

Politic

Minembwe: the Burundian army threatens to attack the Twirwaneho armed group

Soldiers of the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) posted in South Kivu in the east of the DRC are increasing attacks against local and foreign armed groups. This Wednesday, they

Society

Mahama (Rwanda): the health component entrusted to “Save the children”

Since 2015, the health component has been managed by two NGOs : Save the children and Alight. But the latter has just been removed from the list. The UNHCR explains

Security

Ituri: angalau wananchi 28 waliuwawa katika mashambulizi ya waasi

Jumapili iliyopita, waasi wa kundi la silaha la CODECO (shirikisho kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya Kongo) walifanya mashambulizi katika maeneo mbali mbali ya mkoa wa Ituri mashariki mwa DRC. Vyanzo