Posts From Adam Ntwari

Justice En

Kayanza : a one-year jail for a district secretary and his co-defendants

The First Instance Court sentenced the district secretary of Kabarore in the Kayanza province (north of the country) and his four co-defendants to one year in prison and a fine

Society

Burundi : Parents’ concerns on the eve of the start of the school year

Life has become too expensive for many families throughout the country and especially in the commercial city, Bujumbura due to the explosion in prices and the degradation of the Burundian

Justice En

Giharo – Rutana : more than 50 families in distress after being expropriated from their land

According to residents of Kibimba village in Giharo district, Rutana province (southeast Burundi), more than 50 families grouped in two cooperatives were expropriated from their land located in the Mukazye

Médias

Press : RSF speaks of relief after the pardon granted to journalist Floriane Irangabiye by President Ndayishimiye

In an interview with SOS Médias Burundi late Thursday in the night, Sadibou Marong, director of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) office for sub-Saharan Africa, welcomed the fact that “we

Human Rights

Gatumba Massacres : filing of several complaints for crimes against humanity and genocide

The Banyamulenge community living in Burundi and that of the diaspora commemorate on Tuesday the massacre of more than 160 Congolese that occurred on August 13, 2004 in Gatumba, about

Justice En

Vyanda: a man killed by his wife

An army retiree was killed on Wednesday’s night to Thursday morning on Gihinga hill, Vyanda commune in the southern Bururi province of Burundi). Administrative sources on this hill report that

Security

Gitega : a police officer in detention after killing cows

Majorique Irankunda, a police officer, was arrested on the morning of Monday, August 5. A police source indicates that he is held in the provincial police station cell. He is

Security

Cibitoke : 3 people found dead in 3 days in Buganda

In just three days, three bodies were found in the Nyamitanga and Ndava villages of Buganda district in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi). Information gathered from security authorities speaks of a

Society

Burundi : people infected by the monkeypox virus will be treated for free

This announcement was made on Wednesday by the Minister in charge of public health after validation of the national response plan which extends over a period of six months. In

Politic

Giharo : a former CNDD-FDD activist converted to the UPRONA party threatened with death

Théoneste Juma, a former CNDD-FDD activist, close to the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, is under death threats. Administration authorities and local CNDD-FDD officials are said to be behind these threats