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Health

Burundi : fight against the Mpox pandemic, city dwellers seem to trivialize the disease

Measures to prevent the spread of monkeypox are not seriously respected in different neighborhoods of the commercial capital Bujumbura. Despite incessant calls and warnings from the authorities, the population turns

Criminalité

Giharo – Rutana : CNL activists mistreated by CNDD-FDD activists

According to officials of the opposition CNL party in Giharo district, in Rutana province (southeast Burundi), activists of their party are mistreated by members of the CNDD-FDD party. The latest

Human Rights

Mugina : over 70 people arrested in 8 months for having illegally traveled to Rwanda

Residents of villages bordering Rwanda in Mugina district, in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi), no longer hide their concerns. More than 70 people have already been arrested by the police in

Politic

Makamba : the president of the Independent District Electoral Commission briefly arrested

Gérard Karenzo was arrested by the police on Monday morning. The incident took place in the town center of Makamba province (southern Burundi). He was questioned by a judicial police

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : a Burundian refugee killed

A man in his thirties was found dead outside the camp in the Tanga region in far northeast Tanzania where he was doing his carpentry activities. His family is calling

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : refugees relieved by a new drinking water distributor

An NGO wants to reassure refugees in the Nakivale camp as they have resigned themselves to an interminable shortage of drinking water. The only problem is that refugees will have

Society

Kayanza : the only morgue saturated, residents forced to bury their loved ones in a hurry

The Kayanza province (northern Burundi) has only one morgue. It is therefore too busy, and recently, it was saturated and the hospital is forcing families to quickly organize the burial

Economy

Burundi: Government releases 66 billion for the general population census while waiting for its partners’ financing to come

Development partners who promised to support the country for the general census of the population, housing, agriculture and livestock have not yet honored their commitments, the president of the Central

Security

Day dedicated to the Imbonerakure: one dead and 10 injured in a road accident in Makamba

A leader of the Imbonerakure in the Gitara zone in Makamba commune and province (southern Burundi) died in a road accident on road number 3 in the locality of Rimbo

Éducation

DRC (Lusenda): Teachers demand hygiene equipment from UNHCR to protect themselves against Mpox

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the school year started on September 2, 2024. In the Lusenda camp in South Kivu province, Burundian refugees have been living in fear since