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Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : Red Cross volunteers on strike

These volunteers grumble that they have just gone more than six months without receiving their incentive bonus. Refugees, beneficiaries of Red Cross services, suffer greatly. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Red

Human Rights

Rumonge : trafficking of young girls in Kigwena

At least five girls have been victims of this “trafficking” since the beginning of this year in the Kigwena zone of the Rumonge district and province (southwest Burundi). The parents

Economy

Burundi : authorities struggle to supply fuel but no longer want vehicles at petrol stations

Burundian police announced Thursday that it is now prohibited to park vehicles at a petrol station without fuel. It evokes the facilitation of traffic on the road and the concern

Politic

DRC: the country has a new government

This Tuesday, the recently appointed Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka has just put in place her government team. It includes 54 positions. The new government includes 17 women or 30%,

Security

Bujumbura: who plants grenades at the Ruvumera market?

Street traders are no longer welcome inside the large Ruvumera market situated in the Buyenzi zone in the commercial city of Bujumbura since this Wednesday. Merchants will also have to

Human Rights

Bujumbura: the husband of the sister of the opponent Aimé Magera arrested like his wife

He was apprehended in unclear circumstances after receiving a call from an Imbonerakure (member of the CNDD-FDD youth league). He is reportedly detained in the same place as his wife.

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya): three Burundian refugees assaulted

These Burundians have been discovered since last Saturday, in the early morning or at night. Unknown people attack Burundians when they go home in the evening. Burundian refugees ask the

Security

Nyanza-Lac: finding of two bodies

The two bodies were seen last Sunday at the bottom of Rimbo Hill floating on Lake Tanganyika. It is in the commune of Nyanza-Lac, Makamba province (southern Burundi). They have

Society

Bujumbura : men’s jobs taken over by women

The high living cost and resilience oblige : yesterday Bujumbura welcomed taxiwomen, masons’ helpers and construction engineers (public works), today it is butchers who are arriving, and the competition promises

Politic-supp

Bujumbura: a sister of an opposition figure kidnapped by Imbonerakure

Claudine Nshimirimana is the sister of Magera Aimé, the international spokesperson for the CNL party (Rwasa wing). Her whereabouts are not known after being kidnapped by Imbonerakure (members of the