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Criminalité

War in Eastern Congo : DRC will not bend, DRC will not back down (Tshisekedi statement)

The Rwandan defense forces, in support of their M23 puppets, are continuing their terrorist enterprise on our territory, sowing terror and desolation among our populations, accused Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi

Criminalité

Burundi: Families of Burundian soldiers killed in fighting with the M23 prevented from mourning

In Burundi, several families have lost members, elements of the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) who are fighting alongside the FARDC, the Congolese army and its allies against the M23.

Criminalité

Gitega: A girl brutally killed after being raped

Josiane Niyonkuru, in her twenties, was raped and then brutally killed. The tragedy took place in the Magarama neighborhood in the political capital Gitega. A suspect was arrested by the

Diplomacy

Goma: Nearly 300 European mercenaries who were helping the FARDC have surrendered

The Rwandan army announced on Wednesday that it had received 288 European mercenaries who had surrendered to the M23 rebels. These mercenaries who were fighting alongside the Congolese army were

Diplomacy

Giteranyi : Tanzanian authorities have destroyed bridges leading to Burundi

Tanzanian authorities destroyed bridges that separate Tanzania and Burundi on Tuesday. Local residents in the district of Giteranyi, Muyinga province (northeast Burundi) speak of an operation in which gunmen in

DRC En

War in Eastern Congo : Congolese refugees continue to flee to Rwanda, whose residents are also moving

Rwanda had more than 1,200 new Congolese refugees until Tuesday, from the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in eastern Congo, which was taken over by M23 rebels earlier

Health

Kayanza : a health crisis due to the massive departure of doctors

Since the beginning of the year, the province of Kayanza, located in north Burundi, has been facing a wave of departures of doctors. No less than eleven practitioners have abandoned

Refugees

Rwanda : Congolese refugees rejoice after the capture of Goma

In the Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda, spontaneous scenes of jubilation broke out on Monday following the announcement of the capture of Goma, capital of the North Kivu province, by

Éducation

Rumonge : about fifty children drop out of school in Mayengo

In the Kigwena zone and the Mayengo peace village, located in the district and province of Rumonge in southwest Burundi, school officials are sounding the alarm about the growing number

Criminalité

Bujumbura : a body found near the river Ntahangwa

A body of a young man was found on Tuesday in neighborhood II of Jabe, very close to the river Ntahangwa, in the Bwiza zone, in the district of Mukaza