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Kayanza : a bank agent sentenced to five years in prison for insulting the presidential couple
Jacques Ntakirutimana was sentenced by the Kayanza Court (northern Burundi) in a flagrante delicto trial on Tuesday. This BGF (Bank of Management and Financing) agent was accused of insulting the
Burundi : Batwa minority girls increasingly attend the university education
Batwa girls are delighted that they are admitted to public and private universities in Burundi. They indicate that the ministry in charge of solidarity, headed by their colleague, is taking
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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