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Bururi : three judges of the First Instance Court in detention request acquittal

Since the beginning of this year, three judges from the First Instance Court of Bururi (southern Burundi) have been detained in the provincial prison. According to judicial sources, the three

Economy

Bujumbura : Brarudi products are becoming rarer, their prices are rising and the administration turns a blind eye

In recent days, it has been difficult to find certain products from the Burundi Brewery Company (Brarudi) in the commercial city Bujumbura. Bar owners say beers and soft drinks are

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Photo of the week : more than 240 soldiers are detained in four prisons for refusing to fight alongside the FARDC against the M23

These soldiers from the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) are detained in the prisons of Bururi and Rumonge in the southwest of the country, and in the remand centers of

Politic

Gitega : a short arrest of members of the CNL party that leaves questions

Methuselah Nijimbere, Pascal Nyambere and Nestor Ciza were arrested Thursday early in the afternoon by Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league) and the police then taken to the dungeons

Security

Rugombo : an alleged thief killed

The body of a man in his thirties was discovered in the town center of the district of Rugombo in the province of Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) this Sunday morning. Four

Society

Gihanga : a soldier killed a young man and injured a sixty-year-old

The murder took place in the Gihungwe region in Gihanga district of Bubanza province (west). A soldier shot two people. Witnesses speak of an argument between a soldier and two

Politic

Burundi : the CNL party blocked by the Ministry of the Interior in its attempt to resolve its internal crisis

The president and legal representative of the CNL party sent a letter to the Burundian Minister of the Interior on February 26. Agathon Rwasa informed the minister that he is

Society

Cibitoke : corn producers grumble

Corn farmers are lamenting, some for not having sold their harvest, others for not having yet received the money from their harvest sold to the government through ANAGESSA. They demand

Security

Goma: more than 17,000 new people displaced following war between the regular army and M23 rebels

More than 17,000 displaced people have been registered in a newly created camp in the city of Goma in the province of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). According