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Governance

Goma-the military governor to the population: “the elements of the EAC force are not our enemies”

The military governor of the province of North Kivu has urged the local population not to attack any of the contingents deployed in the east of the DR Congo as

Governance

Bujumbura: Fifteen CNL activists detained after dispute with Imbonerakure

At least 15 members of the main CNL opposition party were arrested on Sunday and Monday after a clash with Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league). The incident took

Economy

Kayanza: the provincial court pronounced heavy sentences against three men who were going to sell minerals in Rwanda

The court of Kanyanza (northern Burundi) ruled in flagrance on Tuesday in the case of selling of Wolframite and gold. Three people, charged with illegal trading, received a sentence of

Politic

Cibitoke : Burundian soldiers injured in the DRC hospitalized in the provincial military camp

Many wounded Burundian soldiers were repatriated via the river Rusizi, bordering the DRC, on the 6th Avenue, Kaburantwa village, in the district of Buganda in the province of Cibitoke (northwest

Politic

North Kivu: the ceasefire agreed between the FARDC and the M23 not been respected

After the communiqué announcing the ceasefire, in the combat zones in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this Tuesday by the M23 rebels, clashes were reported the

Human Rights

North Kivu : displaced people from Kanyarutchinya demonstrate to demand food

Dozens of displaced people confined to the Kanyaruchinya site located in the Nyiragongo territory, in North Kivu, took to the streets on Monday in the provincial capital. They demanded to

Politic

Political tolerance : Agathon Rwasa does not believe in President Ndayishimiye’s statements

This Monday, the leader of the CNL, the main opposition party in Burundi, Agathon Rwasa, hosted a press briefing. According to him, political intolerance is still a reality in Burundi.

Security

Kayanza : a man attacks and injures his parents with a machete

A 32-year-old man brutally attacked his parents. He wounded his father and mother with a machete. The incident took place on the night of March 5 to 6 in the

Justice En

Butihinda : hundreds of kgs of wolframite and gold seized in Kamaramagambo

These are 741kgs of wolframite, 138g of purified gold and 77kgs of gold tailings. The quantity was seized by the police in Kamaramagambo village in Butihinda district, Muyinga province (northeastern

Politic

DRC : M23 announces a ceasefire

It is in a statement that the rebel group declared a ceasefire on Tuesday. Local actors and the international community had insisted on this ceasefire to allow above all the