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Kirundo : alarming overcrowding in the prosecution cell
The Kirundo prosecution cell is on the verge of implosion. Crowded detainees, unsanitary conditions and abuse of power are denounced by several sources. Faced with this crisis, prisoners are calling
Kayanza : a man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of a minor
The Kayanza provincial court sentenced a 25-year-old man to a heavy sentence for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Despite the verdict, the accused continues to deny the crime and
Meheba (Zambia) : serious lack of drinking water
The Meheba camp in Zambia is suffering from an exaggerated lack of drinking water. Refugees fear the outbreak of diseases caused by lack of hygiene. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Refugees
Cibitoke : a forty-year-old killed at his partner’s house, Imbonerakure arrested
A brutal crime has shaken the district of Buganda, in the province of Cibitoke. A man was savagely murdered while he was at his partner’s house. Members of the Imbonerakure
Kirundo : We will not accept to die like the Congolese who are killed like goats, I have already warned Rwanda (Evariste Ndayishimiye)
Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye once again called Rwanda an “enemy of Burundi” on Tuesday and declared that he intended to mobilize Burundians from all provinces to go and fight on
War in Eastern Congo : Is South Africa planning to use Bujumbura airport to send new troops to Congo?
At least two South African army planes landed at Bujumbura airport in the commercial city of Burundi last Wednesday. They were carrying soldiers who were supposed to reinforce positions of
Muyinga-Ngozi : urban Congolese refugees expelled
In Muyinga in northeast Burundi, a hundred refugees from camps of Musasa in the province of Ngozi (north) and Kinama in the province of Muyinga, were expelled last Friday to
Giheta: discovery of a corpse
A decomposing body of a man was discovered last Saturday in the Nyambeho valley separating the communes of Gitega and Giheta in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). It has
Cibitoke : a series of deadly landslides hit gold mining sites
In the space of a few weeks, the province of Cibitoke has been the scene of several mining tragedies. Landslides caused by heavy rainfall have already cost the lives of
Gatumba: an increasing number of Congolese flee to Burundi, some end up in custody
Several Congolese from the cities of Goma, Bukavu and Uvira, in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the east of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) keep