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Politic

Burundi : “President Ndadaye’s plan to establish democracy still remains a dream”

This October 21 is the 30th commemoration of Melchior Ndadaye’s assassination, the first democratically elected Burundian president. His fellow fighters regret that thirty years later, despite the progress in terms

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THE DREAMS OF BAREGEYA: when the “enemy of the nation” saves more than 300 citizens from the clutches of their “protectors”

The injustice cases occurring in Burundi are chilling. There is reason to doubt the validity of these police schools, these legal sections in different school, or the law faculties scattered

Security

Nyiragongo : a group of armed young people arrested in Rukoko

The Congolese security services got their hands, on this Thursday, a band of armed young people in the village of Rukoko, Munigi groupment in the territory of Nyiragongo. It is north

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Burundi-Rwanda : Rwanda postponed the extradition of a suspected Burundian criminal

The accused who should be extradited by Rwanda is Jolis Bukeyeneza, prosecuted for “fraud and theft” of more than 25 million Burundi francs. His suicide attempt at the border post

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DRC (North Kivu) : South African MONUSCO peacekeepers arrested for sexual exploitation

Eight MONUSCO peacekeepers of South African nationality deployed in the Beni region, in the North Kivu province, east DRC, have been under arrest since October 1. Sources close to the

Security

North Kivu : 48 hours is the ultimatum set by local armed groups to the regional force to leave the DRC

This Wednesday, local armed self-defense groups issued an ultimatum to the regional EAC force to leave its positions in Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyiragongo. It is in the province of North

Diplomacy

Burundi: Criticized, the UN special rapporteur’s term is extended

It was this Thursday’s session which voted for the one-year extension of the mandate of Burkina Faso national, Fortuné Gaétan Zongo. The Special Rapporteur on Burundi is criticized internally by

Governance

Burundi: family planning, an effective means of controlling galloping demography

Women leaders are requested to take the lead in the fight against malnutrition.This was said in the economic capital Bujumbura which hosted between Monday and Wednesday the fourth edition of

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : an alleged dual nationality that puts several Burundian refugees in a bind

At the Mahama refugee camp, more than a hundred Burundian asylum seekers hold a Rwandan identity card, which automatically gives them the nationality of this country. Many of them got

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : more than 500 children did not join their guidance schools due to lack of resources

These are pupils and schoolchildren who have passed the test at the end of primary school and the first secondary cycle. Their parents, mostly Burundian refugees, do not have the