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Environment

Bukinanyana: more than two hundred houses destroyed by torrential rains

220 houses and 7 classrooms demolished, several hectares of fields damaged, suggests a report of the damage caused by torrential rains mixed with hail this Tuesday September 12 and Wednesday

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : repetitive shortage of cooking gas stocks

Refugees from the Mahama camp in Rwanda denounce a cycle of shortages of cooking gas stocks. They are at least two weeks behind schedule each month, which aggravates the situation

Health

Dzaleka (Malawi) : five nurses suspended for selling medicines

An impromptu visit was made last Tuesday to the Dzaleka camp by officials from the UNHCR and the Malawian Ministry of Health in the Dowa district. They wanted to find

Security

Nyarugusu (Tanzania): four police officers arrested for attempted theft

Police officers were caught stealing from the household of a Burundian trader in Nyarugusu camp. They were arrested with three civilian guards from the camp. The refugees demand exemplary punishment.

Environment

Muyinga: significant material damage following torrential rains

Houses and crop fields were damaged by torrential rains mixed with hail on Tuesday afternoon in Butihinda commune, Muyinga province in northeastern Burundi. The population is asking for emergency aid.

Security

Gihanga : a septuagenarian killed

An old woman, aged 75 years, was beheaded in Rugunga village, Gihanga district, Bubanza province (western Burundi) by people who have not yet been identified. The police have already apprehended

Society

Burundi : the price of the transport ticket revised upwards

The minister in charge of trade announced new prices for the transport ticket in the commercial capital Bujumbura and in the provinces, this Wednesday. The price of a bus ticket

Society

Burundi-Cameroon : no need to sing victory before the war

Burundi will not participate in AFCON 2024. It was eliminated even if the Intamba fans sang victory before the game. The Indomitable Lions were not defeated by the Intamba. INFO

Society

Makamba : big losses among sugar wholesale traders who are abandoning this trade

The sugar wholesale traders announced that they were stopping this activity during a meeting with the governor of Makamba (southern Burundi) last Wednesday. They indicate losing up to 800 Burundi

Justice En

Bujumbura : at least four magistrates arrested

Ferdinand Ntizoyimana, president of the Ntahangwa First Instance Court, north of the commercial city Bujumbura, Éric Ndikumana, deputy attorney general at the Ntahangwa Court of Appeal and two magistrates assigned