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Bujumbura: Burundian authorities are unable to provide fuel to motorists but seize buses
Burundi’s traffic police say they have seized at least 70 public transport buses out of 200 targeted by sanctions against motorists who resell fuel instead of transporting passengers. No bus
Christ Roi High School in Mushasha: students protested against the new deliberation criteria
Finalist students from Lycée Christ Roi de Mushasha in Gitega, the Burundi’s political capital, went on a strike on June 20, 2024. They are protesting against the new deliberation criteria
Bujumbura: a man’s whereabouts unkwonon
Jean Marie Bizimungu (30 years ) was kidnapped on June 7 in the commercial city Bujumbura. He can’t be found anywhere. His place of detention has never been notified to
Photo of the week : hundreds of Burundians detained on the Tanzanian soil
Burundians looking for work in neighboring Tanzania suffer various abuses. They are either unpaid, ransomed back home or imprisoned. In the Kasulu and Nyamisivya dungeons in the Kigoma region (northwest
Makamba : activities paralyzed following untimely power cuts
Makamba province (southern Burundi), like most other provinces in the country, has been experiencing an untimely power cut for some time. The shortfall is enormous, according to managers of both
Gitega : a police officer found dead
The body of first police sergeant Major Lionel Bizoza, 34 years old, was found in the morning of Sunday, June 23, in the Karonga stream located in Rukoba village in
DRC : more than 1,800 children were recruited into armed groups in 2023 (UN)
At least 1,861 children, 1,535 boys and 326 girls were recruited and used by different local and foreign armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between January and
Rumonge : a young boy held in hospital for inability to pay his bill
Jean Marie Nibigira (15 years old) has been held at Rumonge hospital (southwest Burundi) since April 2024. The hospital demands that he pay a bill for the care he received
Bujumbura : fuel crisis, state vehicles join public transport
Burundi is experiencing an unprecedented fuel crisis. Consequences are enormous on citizens in general and more particularly inhabitants of the commercial capital, Bujumbura. In the parking lots, an unusual situation
Bunyoni case : his former subjects suspect everything
On Friday June 14, 2024, an incident took place at the central prison of Gitega (political capital) where the former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and boss of the