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Nduta (Tanzania): at least five children tested positive for HIV/AIDS, a first since 2015
At least five under-two-year old children have tested positive for HIV/AIDS in the Tanzania’s Nduta refugee camp. Refugees are so worried and say they fear that the number of children
Rugombo: a couple found dead at their home
Tharcisse Nsanzamahoro (49) and his wife Thérèse Nzohabonimana, 52, were found dead at home this Sunday morning on transverse street 3 in the commune of Rugombo in the province of
Burundi: the Imbonerakure again honored and solicited
The Burundian president on Saturday praised the role of the Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the ruling party) in securing his country’s borders. Évariste Ndayishimiye also called on
Musigati: a decision to destroy 50 sugar-cane-hectares
The administration issued a decision banning to grow sugar cane in the Musigati commune’s marshes in Bubanza province (western Burundi). The crop must be substituted with other food crops, according
THE DREAMS OF BAREGEYA: when ethnic quotas touch the sensitive cord of ethnicity
Opinions differ concerning ethnic quotas in institutions. Unfortunately, the venom comes out when tongues loosen over this. But it is the opinion of François Xavier Ndaruzaniye who pushes Baregeya to
Burundi : Agathon Rwasa requests authorization to organize regional assemblies and an ordinary congress
The disputed chairperson of the CNL party (National Congress for Freedom) says he is concerned about the holding of these activities which, perhaps, will lead to an end to the
Burundi : over 40 organizations demand the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur
Forty international and Burundian organizations are appealing to the United Nations Human Rights Council to request the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi. For these organizations,
Meheba (Zambia) : the UNHCR evades burial rights for refugees
For some time now, the UNHCR has not helped refugees to bury their dead as usual. Refugees who say they live in very difficult conditions are asking this UN agency
DRC-Masisi: more than 17 people killed by local militias in two months
More than 17 people from the Bahunde chiefdom and part of Bashali were killed by local militias still active in several villages of Masisi territory. It is in North Kivu
Great Lakes : the ICGLR and the UNHCR warn of the risk of statelessness of more than 100,000 refugees
A new study by the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlights the