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Society

Bujumbura : unsanitary conditions threaten the place that hosted the former small market in the Mutanga-Nord neighborhood

Unsanitary conditions have taken hold in the place that served as a small market that recently caught fire in the Mutanga-Nord neighborhood, in the district of Ntahangwa in the commercial

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia) : a Burundian refugee attacked

He is part of a group of Meheba market sentries who were attacked by as yet unidentified bandits. He and his colleagues are agonising at the regional referral hospital. INFO

Governance

Burundi : a local organization calls for the resignation of the government

The Observatory for the fight against corruption and economic embezzlement, OLUCOME, called on the Burundian government on Tuesday to “make a courageous decision” and “resign” because it is unable to

Criminalité

Makamba : a Burundian chased by Tanzanians dies while fleeing

Two Burundians from Mwandinga in the district and region of Kigoma (northwest Tanzania), were the target of an attack by a group of Tanzanian bandits who wanted to rob them

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : a Burundian refugee found dead

It is a septuagenarian who had gone to do field work outside the camp. His body showed no traces. The police had to perform an autopsy. INFO SOS Médias Burundi

DRC En

Goma : at least nine displaced women and girls raped by gunmen

The victims are settled in the Baraka site located west of the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in eastern Congo. The perpetrators of the attack have not yet

Justice En

Burundi : President Neva wants to relieve prison congestion but his lieutenants are slowing down the operation

Last Friday, Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye launched the operation to relieve prison congestion at Muramvya central prison. He acknowledged that remand centers are overcrowded in his country, which is a

Refugees

Uvira : classes resume in public schools after more than two months of strike

Last week, some of the teachers in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) started teaching again. They had been on strike

Economy

Fuel crisis : Burundians subjected to fanciful conditions

Burundians continue to face consequences of the fuel crisis that has been shaking this country for almost 47 months. Authorities of the small East African nation, who no longer have

Refugees

Gasorwe : households benefit from the presence of Congolese refugees

At the Kinama Congolese refugee camp, located in the district of Gasorwe in the province of Muyinga (northeast Burundi), Burundians from the surrounding villages run small businesses. Thanks to their