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Criminalité

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

Criminalité

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

DRC En

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

Refugees

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

Criminalité

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

Criminalité

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

DRC En

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

Diplomacy

Photo of the week : a man detained for wearing a T-shirt labeled “Visit Rwanda” at Nyanza-Lac

Patrick Nsengiyumva was arrested last Friday at his home in Kabonga by the police of Nyanza-Lac, in the province of Makamba (southern Burundi). His relatives denounce “arbitrary detention” and demand

Security

North Kivu : M23 installs its administration in the province

The M23 installed the new administration in the province of North Kivu on Thursday, which it largely occupies. Corneille Nangaa, head of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) to which the

Health

Bujumbura : the Burundian intelligence detains five doctors who demand rights of health practitioners

Dismayed and excited, members of the National Federation of Health Sector Unions are protesting against the arrest and imprisonment of five doctors by the SNR (National Intelligence Service) for over