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Burundi : towards a further demotion of the CNIDH?
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi no longer wants to hear from the CNIDH, the national human rights body. For the UN diplomat, the CNIDH
Kayanza : a new call to “kill” launched by Révérien Ndikuriyo
The secretary general of the CNDD-FDD party, Révérien Ndikuriyo, urges members of this party to eliminate those he calls “wolves” to leave the “sheep”. Residents of Kabarore district, Kayanza province
DRC : the standoff between President Tshisekedi and the M23 is not ready to end
On Wednesday September 20, 2023, the Congolese president declared to the press in New York that he does not intend to dialogue with the M23 rebels. The latter seems to
Burundi: an attractive salary policy is needed to slow down the departure of doctors abroad (unions)
Low salaries and equipment lack are the main causes of the flight of Burundian doctors to other countries, stated the Health Personnel National Union (SYNAPS) chairman in a press briefing
Goma: burial on government orders of more than forty bodies despite opposition from families and civil society
At least 40 bodies were buried on Monday September 18, 2023 on the orders of the governor of the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of
Kayanza: four mineworkers dead in a landslide in Kivuvu
The incident occurred in the afternoon of Monday, September 18. A strip of earth slipped and blocked a hole where four miners were searching coltan. It is on Kivuvu hill
Photo of the week : more than 8,000 Burundians, including former returnees, requested asylum in the DRC in two months
According to figures provided by the National Commission for Refugees in Uvira in the province from South Kivu (eastern DRC), eight thousand two hundred Burundians were registered in less than
Cibitoke: 6 soldiers arrested after a confrontation with Imbonerakure
The 6 army officers were posted at Ruhagarika station, Buganda commune Cibitoke province, northwest Burundi. That is near the Rusizi River separating Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five
Bujumbura: repetitive power cuts paralyze businesses
There have been reports of repetitive power cuts in the Burundi’s financial capital, Bujumbura, since days. Residents grumble as traders, doing activities which require electricity, record huge losses. Regideso, in
Burundi: authorities say they don’t need dollars but prevent a women’s conference from being held to keep them
This Sunday an international conference of Christian women should end in the commercial city Bujumbura. But it did not take place, with the Burundian authorities explaining that the organizers were