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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
Burundi: the price of chemical fertilizers revised upwards
The government of Burundi has raised the price of fertilizers. That is what the minister of agriculture indicated during a press briefing on Thursday, September 14.Sanctus Niragira wanted to clarify
Rutana: 4 months after the murder of Jean Claude Niyongabo of the CNL in Gatara, his family is still requesting justice
Jean Claude Niyongabo was allegedly killed by Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD party’s youth league). The Rutana prosecutor’s office refused to open the case against the alleged criminals. INFO SOS
Bujumbura : worrying strengthening of security at RTNB
Employees of the Burundi National Radio and Television (RTNB), a state-run medium, were surprised to see, this Friday morning, an important security device such as the presence of police dogs
Burundi : Burundian authorities canceled an international conference of Christian women
Burundian authorities announced Thursday the suspension of an international conference of Christian women. It had been prepared by an organization led by an Apostle of Rwandan origin. The minister in