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Burundi : Burundian President pardoned journalist Floriane Irangabiye
This presidential pardon measure was issued on August 14, according to a decree signed by President Évariste Ndayishimiye. Floriane Irangabiye was serving a 10-year jail. INFO SOS Médias Burundi According
Gitega: insufficient food ration at the central prison
For more than a month, the 1,729 inmates of the central prison of Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, have not had sufficient rations. According to sources within the prison,
Nakivale (Uganda): the camp works to protect the rights of albinos
The Uganda Union of People Living with Albinism organized awareness sessions in schools in Nakivale camp for the protection of the rights of albino children. For albinos, this training comes
Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : three Burundian refugees attacked
These Burundians were going outside the camp to harvest sweet potatoes in their fields. Burundian civilian guards who collaborate with Tanzanians prevented them from doing so. They seriously beat them
Bujumbura : Elements of the presidential guard jailed for accepting a valuable gift
Police Colonel Christian Nyabenda, head of operations at the Support Group for the Protection of Institutions (GAPI), two other officers from the same group including a woman as well as
Kakuma (Kenya): more than 450 Sudanese refugees return to the camp
Sudanese refugees had fled clashes between two Sudanese communities that occurred in Kalobeyei last July. Several of them had found refuge at the Kakuma camp, others in villages surrounding the
Bujumbura : Two police officers sentenced to pay fines for beating up a political party leader
It is the Ntahangwa Court in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura that sentenced the two officers on Tuesday. Gabriel Banzawitonde, chairperson of the APDR party – the
Gatumba Massacres : filing of several complaints for crimes against humanity and genocide
The Banyamulenge community living in Burundi and that of the diaspora commemorate on Tuesday the massacre of more than 160 Congolese that occurred on August 13, 2004 in Gatumba, about
Health : Members of the health insurance mutuality for civil servants grumble about the census of public and similar employees
According to members of the civil service in the southern provinces of the country, they have been facing a lot of difficulties since the start of the census of public
Mahama (Rwanda) : Handicap International closes its offices to the disadvantage of refugees
The NGO that deals with a large part of the health component leaves behind several serious untreated ophthalmological cases. Some have already reached the stage of cancer. The most needy