Posts From David Irakoze

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi): insecurity, everyone’s business

A report following the UNHCR investigation into the causes of growing crime in the Dzaleka camp has been made public within the camp. The document suggests that criminals must be

Economy

Rumonge : power cuts and load shedding paralyze economic activities

Residents, traders and financial institutions operating in Rumonge (southwest Burundi) say they are recording enormous losses. This is due to the instability of electricity in the province. Regideso, the only

Human Rights

Rwanda : Congolese Tutsi refugees demonstrate against a probable genocide targeting them in the DRC

It is refugees from the Kiziba and Nkamira camps located respectively in the Karongi and Rubavu districts of the Western Province who demonstrated on Monday. They denounce a “genocide” committed

Justice En

Bunyoni affair: former prime minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni appealed

Former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni appealed to the second level of the Supreme Court on January 2, SOS Médias Burundi learned this Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The former Burundian

Economy

Burundi: the oil sector reorganized, Regideso “out”

With the rearrangement of the oil sector launched last Thursday, Regideso, the state company in charge of water and electricity distribution, had its license to import fuel from the port

Security

Muyinga: a man beaten up by a hill chief and Imbonerakure

A man from Gikwiye hill, in Gasorwe zone and commune, Muyinga province (northeast of Burundi) was violently beaten on Tuesday by the village chief with a local Imbonerakure (members of

Security

Beni (DRC) : nearly twenty civilians killed in one week

In less than a week, the Beni sector in the North Kivu province (eastern DRC) was the scene of rebel attacks which left around twenty victims. The local civil society

Governance

Cankuzo – Cibitoke : contributions required to finance the presidential couple’s crusade

In a letter sent to the provincial director of education in Cankuzo province (eastern Burundi), the governor asks all education personnel as well as other state officials, as well as

Security

Gatumba attack : Burundian authorities announce they have contacted INTERPOL to find the perpetrators

The Burundian minister in charge of internal affairs announced Tuesday that Burundian authorities have contacted INTERPOL so that the perpetrators of the Gatumba massacres be repatriated and tried in the

Governance

Burundi : a country emerging in 2040 and developed in 2060, myth or realistic?

The Burundian civil society must make its contribution to help the country achieve its vision of an emerging Burundi in 2040 and developed in 2060. This is the point of