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Journalist Sandra Muhoza’s detention – Press release from the coalition of journalists of SOS Médias Burundi
We strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of our colleague, Sandra Muhoza, jailed since April 18 in Bujumbura. This deliberate repression against independent media is an affront to freedom of expression
Bujumbura: strong drinks taken by minors
Parents in the Gihosha zone, north of the commercial city Bujumbura, have launched an alert. Their children, including minors, take very alcoholic drinks. INFO SOS Médias Burundi A parent raises
International Refugee Day: between hope and resignation among Burundian refugees
Every June 20, the world celebrates Refugee Day, an opportunity to think of them and defend, protect and promote their rights, according to the UNHCR. For more than 300,000 Burundians
Burundi : Burundians are ungrateful (President Ndayishimiye)
Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye said Wednesday that Burundians are ungrateful, refusing to take responsibility for the fuel shortage which he describes as “a common challenge.” In a message to the
Bubanza : five men including three Imbonerakure in detention after the death of a man
Ndiwenumuryango, in his thirties, was found dead in an oil palm field last Sunday in Kizina, in the Mitakataka zone. It is in the district and province of Bubanza (western
Burundi-Fuel crisis : the government has abdicated in the face of the fuel crisis (senate president)
The president of the Senate on Monday asked the ministers in charge of transport and internal affairs to “reauthorize the circulation of motorcycles in downtown Bujumbura (commercial city) to allow
Tanzania : 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
Cibitoke : cessation of activities at OTB Buhoro following lack of electricity and fuel
Since last Thursday, the activities of the Burundi Tea Office in Buhoro in Cibitoke province (Northwestern Burundi) have been paralyzed due to the severe lack of electricity and fuel. The
Kirundo-Muyinga : fuel theft from vehicles rages
As the fuel shortage has reached its peak, criminals are organizing themselves to empty vehicle tanks at night.This situation is reported in Muyinga and Kirundo (north-eastern Burundi). Kirundo where mob
BAREGEYA’S DREAMS : Killing your children to accuse Rwanda, dear ridicule, when will you kill?
For almost two decades, the ruling party in Burundi has only created enemies who are not really ones. Corpses in lakes and rivers, grenades in public squares, in bars or