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Refugees

Meheba (Zambia): a house of a Burundian refugee accidentally burned

Five members of a Burundian refugee family remain homeless following an accidental fire on Monday. They are asking for emergency help. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The household concerned is located

Security

Cibitoke: two gold miners dead in a landslide

Two gold miners were swept away by a landslide on Monday, May 13, on Myave hill in the Ndora zone in Bukinanyana commune, Cibitoke province, in the northwest of Burundi.

Security

Giheta: a young pregnant girl murdered

Esther Irakoze (20 years old) was killed last Thursday on Rutegama hill Giheta commune, Gitega province, central Burundi. Three suspects were apprehended as part of a police investigation. INFO SOS

Human Rights

Burundi-Press : Akeza.Net technical director detained by Burundian intelligence

Ahmadi Radjabu has been detained in a Burundian intelligence cell in the commercial city Bujumbura since the evening of May 2. He was arrested while taking images of a fire

Human Rights

Burundi: the relegation of the CNIDH to B status undermines its credibility

The Independent National Human Rights Commission in Burundi, CNIDH, has once again lost its “A” status reserved for National Commissions which have proven their impartiality in relation to the powers

Justice En

Kayanza : life jail for three men convicted in a case of a young man killed by two Imbonerakure

Victor Niyonkuru, Lazare Niyongabo and Cyprien Bizimana were sentenced by the Kayanza Court in northern Burundi. He found them guilty of the murder of Philippe Nsabimana. The latter was assassinated

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DRC-Goma : displaced people demand the relocation of the Bulengo site after the bombing

The Bulengo displaced persons site, one of the largest in the city of Goma in the North Kivu province, currently shelters more than 478,000 people. These displaced people come from

Society

Bujumbura : floods separate families

Since the beginning of floods which invaded the localities of Kajaga and the homes on the coast of Lake Tanganyika in the commercial city Bujumbura, enormous consequences have been reported.

Politic-supp

Bujumbura attacks : Burundi should stop associating Rwanda with its internal problems (government)

Kigali reacted on Sunday to accusations from Burundi which accuses its northern neighbor of being behind the grenade attacks in recent days in the commercial city Bujumbura. According to the

Politic-supp

Kabarore : two Imbonerakure killed a young man who tried to go to Rwanda

Philippe Nsabimana, 22 years old, was killed on Friday around 2 p.m. The crime took place in the town of Ryamukona overlooking the river Kanyaru which separates the two sister