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DRC : Corneille Nangaa and his entourage sentenced to death

The Military Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo sitting in Gombe in the capital Kinshasa issued its verdict on Thursday, August 8. Congolese authorities also intend to refer the

Society

Burundi : people infected by the monkeypox virus will be treated for free

This announcement was made on Wednesday by the Minister in charge of public health after validation of the national response plan which extends over a period of six months. In

Refugees

DRC (Mulongwe) : Congolese ban Burundian refugees to harvest their cropfields

Burundian refugees in the Mulongwe camp, in the Fizi territory, in the province of South Kivu, say they do not understand the behavior of the Congolese in this area for

Security

Cibitoke : sound of boots around Kibira

Residents near the Kibira natural reserve in Bukinanyana district of Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) say they are worried because of movements of Rwandan armed men who are often seen in

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Burundi : Burundian soldiers who refused to go to fight alongside the FARDC were concentrated in three jails after their conviction

The 274 soldiers, only two of whom were acquitted, were sent to the prisons of Ruyigi (east), Bururi and Rumonge (southwest). These detention centers respectively hosted 82, 61 and 131

Security

Nduta (Tanzania) : discovery of a body not yet identified

A corpse of a man aged about forty years was placed in the morgue of the district of Kibondo in the region of Kigoma (northwest Tanzania). He was found at

Politic

Giharo : a former CNDD-FDD activist converted to the UPRONA party threatened with death

Théoneste Juma, a former CNDD-FDD activist, close to the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, is under death threats. Administration authorities and local CNDD-FDD officials are said to be behind these threats

Security

Giharo : a woman erases CNL insignia from walls of the party’s office

On Saturday, August 3, a woman from Giharo district in Rutana province (southeastern Burundi) erased CNL party writings from walls of the office of this opposition political party. According to

Society

Bujumbura : sexual debauchery pushes many minors to resort to different contraceptive methods

Many minors in the commercial capital Bujumbura regularly resort to contraceptive methods, including the “morning after pill”. 15 pharmacies in the city confirmed this phenomenon to our reporter. INFO SOS

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Burunga : Trainers and candidate census agents demand their travel expenses

Since the beginning of the training, candidate census agents in the province of Burunga (southern Burundi), according to the new administrative division, have been complaining about not having yet received