Posts From Adam Ntwari

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : an alleged dual nationality that puts several Burundian refugees in a bind

At the Mahama refugee camp, more than a hundred Burundian asylum seekers hold a Rwandan identity card, which automatically gives them the nationality of this country. Many of them got

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : more than 500 children did not join their guidance schools due to lack of resources

These are pupils and schoolchildren who have passed the test at the end of primary school and the first secondary cycle. Their parents, mostly Burundian refugees, do not have the

Economy

Burundi : paying air tickets in foreign currency, a measure to be suspended according to the Prime Minister

Airline services should not require customers to pay in foreign currency. Parliamentarians recommended it to the Burundian Prime Minister this October 2 in the Kigobe parliament house. Gervais Ndirakobuca indicated

Politic

Bunyoni affair: the former prime minister deplores the inhumane detention conditions and pleads for his provisional release

First public appearance Thursday of former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni before the Supreme Court. The hearing took place at Gitega central prison, under heavy security surveillance. The former Hutu

Human Rights

Burundi: internal civil society wants to block the path of the UN special rapporteur

Around forty Burundian civil society organizations are protesting against a probable renewal of the term of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burundi. For these internal actors, Fortuné

Security

Bujumbura : worrying strengthening of security at RTNB

Employees of the Burundi National Radio and Television (RTNB), a state-run medium, were surprised to see, this Friday morning, an important security device such as the presence of police dogs

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : repetitive shortage of cooking gas stocks

Refugees from the Mahama camp in Rwanda denounce a cycle of shortages of cooking gas stocks. They are at least two weeks behind schedule each month, which aggravates the situation

Environment

Muyinga: significant material damage following torrential rains

Houses and crop fields were damaged by torrential rains mixed with hail on Tuesday afternoon in Butihinda commune, Muyinga province in northeastern Burundi. The population is asking for emergency aid.

Security

DRC : the families of the victims of the Goma demonstration inconsolable

Families that lost their loved ones during the repressed demonstration in the city of Goma last Wednesday are demanding justice. Let the perpetrators answer for their barbaric acts, they demand.

Security

Cibitoke : Rwandan rebels killed in the intelligence service cell

Several Rwandan FLN rebels, incarcerated in the dungeon of the national intelligence service in Cibitoke (northwest Burundi), were killed. Sources within the police affirm that their bodies were immediately driven