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Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : 25 Burundian nationals arrested

25 people of Burundian origin were arrested on Sunday while they were on their way to the Kasulu district, “to look for work”, according to them. According to refugees, their

Society

Mugamba: families from the Batwa community forcibly occupy state property

Around sixty members of the landless Batwa community from the Vyuya hill and zone in the Mugamba commune in Bururi province (southern Burundi) decided to forcibly occupy state land on

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia): assistance for the vulnerable people delayed by seven months

Refugees in the most vulnerable category at Meheba camp in Zambia are sounding the alarm as they deplore their specific assistance has not yet been released since the early this

Refugees

Nduta : a Burundian refugee murdered

Joseph Minani, 38 years old, was found dead in a field of sweet potatoes and cassava on Sunday afternoon. Circumstances of his death remain undetermined, according to the police. But

Politic-supp

Rumonge : 4 zones with new chiefs

Léonard Sirabahenda was appointed to lead the Kizuka zone, Michel Ntahondi is now the new zone chief of Minago at a time when Innocent Nijimbere was appointed to lead the

Criminalité

Cibitoke : four people killed including a soldier in Kibira

Three civilians and a Burundian soldier were found dead by forest rangers, while two others are missing in the Kibira natural reserve in Nderama village in the Ndora zone in

Health

Burundi : the Ministry of Health has suspended the accreditation of new private health facilities

The Minister of Health held a press briefing last Wednesday during which she announced that no new pharmacy, no optical center, no medical analysis laboratory and no paramedical school will

Society

Cibitoke : increase in transport tickets following the hunt for fuel traffickers

Witnesses indicate that transport has become a headache. Basic necessities are on the rise following the measure to suspend illegal fuel trafficking from the DR Congo since Wednesday, July 24.

Criminalité

Butaganzwa : a woman killed, her husband injured with a machete

A woman was killed and her husband injured with a machete in the village of Kivumu, in the district of Butaganzwa in the province of Ruyigi (eastern Burundi) on Friday

Environment

Kayanza : Deforestation of Kibira worries its residents

The natural forest of Kibira in its part of district of Matongo in Kayanza province (northern Burundi) is threatened. According to some sources, activists of the ruling party are cutting