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Environment

Mugina: two people dead and three others injured following torrential rains

Two people died, three others seriously injured and several houses and fields washed away by heavy rain mixed with hail and violent winds on the hills of Kagurutsi and Nyamihana

Politic

DRC (North Kivu): the M23 returns to old positions

The March 23 Movement (M23) has recaptured localities that it had ceded as part of the ceasefire demanded by the Heads of State of the East African Community since December

Human Rights

Burundi: internal civil society wants to block the path of the UN special rapporteur

Around forty Burundian civil society organizations are protesting against a probable renewal of the term of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burundi. For these internal actors, Fortuné

Governance

Gitobe: an advisor to the communal education department locked up in Ngozi prison

Joël Mukezangango, former advisor in charge of human resources at the communal education directorate in the Gitobe commune in Kirundo province (northern Burundi) was transferred on Monday September 25 to

Justice En

Bururi: a lower court’s judge in prison for forgery and use of forgery

Alembert Nkunzimana, judge of the Mugamba residence court, in Bururi province (southern Burundi), is detained in Bururi prison. Judicial sources report that he was arrested last Friday at the instigation

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi): three Burundian refugees arrested

Jérémie Ngendakumana, Faustin Niyukuri and Thadée Maombi were arrested a week ago. A police officer who arrested them had no summons and have not yet revealed their detention place. Their

Human Rights

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

Politic

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

Security

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

Health

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