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Kayanza: even the paths are closed to prevent the border population from going to Rwanda
Residents including first and foremost all farmers of the Kabarore commune in Kayanza province (northern Burundi), ask the administration authorities to reopen the paths that were closed. The farmers say
Rumonge: a school year amidst clean water crisis and lack of mattresses
It was this Monday, September 16 that the school year began throughout the country. Boarding schools began receiving students last Sunday. At the Rumonge high school (southwest Burundi), school authorities
Zambia: nearly 200 Burundian undocumented immigrants extradited
Two weeks of tracking down of undocumented immigrants in the Zambian capital and its surroundings ended last weekend. The police announced that more than 350 illegal immigrants, over half being
Bujumbura : a fire ravaged a market, leaving families in total despair
A dark Sunday for people who carry out their activities at the small market in the Mutanga Nord neighborhood in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura. Several families
Cibitoke: 4 members of a political party abducted
The leader of the CDP party (Council of Patriots) in the new province of Bujumbura and three other members of this party have been missing since Sunday, September 15. The
Gitega: Imbonerakure commit crimes with impunity
On September 2, Vital Ndabemeye died at Sainte Thérèse hospital in Gitega (central Burundi). He had been hospitalized after being seriously beaten up and injured by Imbonerakure (members of the
Burundi : the price of unobtainable sugar multiplied by almost three times
The price of a kg of sugar for the retailer goes to 8000 Burundi francs while it was bought at 3500. The Moso Sugar Company (SOSUMO), the only state company
Ituri (DRC) : the mortality rate skyrockets among displaced people
At least sixteen displaced people have died in two months in the Nyamusasi site for displaced people. It is in Ituri province in eastern DRC. Sources in the camp speak
Rugombo: a police officer caught red-handed stealing fuel from a gas station
A police brigadier from the Rugombo communal police station, in Cibitoke province (north-west Burundi) was caught stealing fuel from a station in the chief town of the Rugombo commune by
Photo of the week : water shortage in the urban center of the province
Water is sorely lacking in the town center of Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi). For more than a week, not a drop was seen in the taps. The population fears the