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Bujumbura : Burundian military losses in Congo, a secret that is difficult to keep well
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Kamenge military hospital in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura counted 81 Burundian soldiers who were injured during the fighting with the
Kirundo : a CNDD-FDD activist sentenced to four years in prison for defamation of President Neva and the secretary general of the ruling party
Thobias Nsabiyumva, 48 years old, was tried on Wednesday in a flagrante delicto trial. It is the First Instance Court of Kirundo (northern Burundi) that sentenced him. He was found
Rugombo : two men caught red-handed stealing electrical installations
Last Monday, residents at the 6th avenue, in Kagazi village, Rugombo district, Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi), surprised two men stealing electrical installation equipment. This episode almost turned into a tragedy,
Makamba – Rumonge : a protest by illegal fuel traffickers against their pursuit
Fuel traffickers and vehicle owners are protesting against the arrests they are victims of, sometimes going as far as shooting the alleged traffickers with live ammunition. INFO SOS Médias Burundi
Rumonge : two suspected fuel traffickers arrested
Innocent Hatungimana and Emmanuel Nkurunziza were arrested on Tuesday night around midnight. The two men were intercepted by soldiers first, before being handed over to the police in Rumonge (southwest
Nakivale (Uganda) : a Burundian refugee detained for human trafficking
Sylvestre Ndizeye, in his fifties, is detained in a police cell. He was arrested after the disturbing disappearance of a little boy from the Congolese community. He is accused by
Bujumbura : the military hospital overwhelmed by the influx of wounded from the fighting with the M23
The military hospital of Kamenge, located north of Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, is facing an overload linked to the massive arrival of Burundian soldiers wounded in the Democratic
Mahama (Rwanda) : one dead in a fire
A fire broke out in the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda and claimed the life of a Congolese refugee. The cause of the fire was a combustible gas cylinder that
Mahama (Rwanda) : World Vision supports refugee entrepreneurship
The international NGO World Vision has obtained funding to implement the second phase of its “Fight against poverty” project in the Mahama refugee camp and its surroundings. This program primarily
Cibitoke : farmers grumble at the expropriation of their land by the Prime Minister
Farmers in the districts of the province of Cibitoke, located in northwest Burundi, express their deep discontent following the expropriation of their land, a decision taken by the Prime Minister.