Posts From Adam Ntwari

Governance

Burundi: four communal administrators suspended from their duties

Three communal leaders were suspended by the same ministerial order signed by the interior minister on Monday August 28. They are accused, among other things, of mismanagement public funds, lack

Health

Burundi : uncontrolled high alcoholic beverages threaten the health of the population

In the provinces of northeastern Burundi, notably Kayanza, Ngozi, Kirundo and Muyinga, drinks with high doses of alcohol are a source of permanent binge drinking among inhabitants who abuse them.

Justice En

Gitega : seven people sentenced to one year and two years in prison for homosexuality

Of the seven suspects convicted of homosexuality, five were sentenced to two years in jail. Two took a year. Eighteen others were acquitted by the First Instance Court of Gitega

Security

Rugombo: a couple found dead at their home

Tharcisse Nsanzamahoro (49) and his wife Thérèse Nzohabonimana, 52, were found dead at home this Sunday morning on transverse street 3 in the commune of Rugombo in the province of

Politic

Burundi: the Imbonerakure again honored and solicited

The Burundian president on Saturday praised the role of the Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the ruling party) in securing his country’s borders. Évariste Ndayishimiye also called on

Human Rights

Meheba (Zambia) : the UNHCR evades burial rights for refugees

For some time now, the UNHCR has not helped refugees to bury their dead as usual. Refugees who say they live in very difficult conditions are asking this UN agency

Economy

Makamba : a wave of arrests among traders

Thirty judgments were made in less than a week, in in swift trial, against traders in the province of Makamba (southern Burundi) a source at the provincial prosecutor’s office, said.

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : acute lack of blood bags in the midst of a malaria crisis

Blood bags are lacking in the health facilities of Nduta camp in Tanzania. The main cause is the withdrawal of blood donors due to poor feeding conditions. Hospitals worry as

Refugees

South Kivu : at least 500 Burundian refugees benefit from aid to start an agro-pastoral activity

These are people gathered in credit and savings cooperatives in the camps of Mulongwe and Lusenda in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi) : a pregnant woman dies of medical negligence

She had confided in the camp hospital, which left her behind for her transfer, belatedly and without follow-up. Burundian and Congolese refugees demand that their living conditions be improved and