Posts From David Irakoze
Bunyoni-case : the former prime minister recruited a criminal enterprise to assassinate President Neva (Public Prosecutor)
The trial of General Bunyoni continues before the Supreme Court sitting in Gitega (political capital). On Wednesday, the public prosecutor accused General Bunyoni of harming the national economy. He reported
Kayokwe : two women detained for infanticide
Irakoze Josiane, 19 years old, is detained in the cell of the Kayokwe district police station in Mwaro province (central Burundi). She is accused of killing the baby she gave
Burundi-Rwanda : Rwanda postponed the extradition of a suspected Burundian criminal
The accused who should be extradited by Rwanda is Jolis Bukeyeneza, prosecuted for “fraud and theft” of more than 25 million Burundi francs. His suicide attempt at the border post
Kayanza: new shortage of gasoline, the population can’t bear it anymore
Gas stations in Kayanza province in northern Burundi are in dire need of gasoline. Local sources say that only one station in six in the province serves customers occasionally. Residents
DRC (North Kivu): the M23 returns to old positions
The March 23 Movement (M23) has recaptured localities that it had ceded as part of the ceasefire demanded by the Heads of State of the East African Community since December
Gitobe: an advisor to the communal education department locked up in Ngozi prison
Joël Mukezangango, former advisor in charge of human resources at the communal education directorate in the Gitobe commune in Kirundo province (northern Burundi) was transferred on Monday September 25 to
Bururi: a lower court’s judge in prison for forgery and use of forgery
Alembert Nkunzimana, judge of the Mugamba residence court, in Bururi province (southern Burundi), is detained in Bururi prison. Judicial sources report that he was arrested last Friday at the instigation
Burundi : towards a further demotion of the CNIDH?
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi no longer wants to hear from the CNIDH, the national human rights body. For the UN diplomat, the CNIDH
Kayanza: four mineworkers dead in a landslide in Kivuvu
The incident occurred in the afternoon of Monday, September 18. A strip of earth slipped and blocked a hole where four miners were searching coltan. It is on Kivuvu hill
Bukinanyana: more than two hundred houses destroyed by torrential rains
220 houses and 7 classrooms demolished, several hectares of fields damaged, suggests a report of the damage caused by torrential rains mixed with hail this Tuesday September 12 and Wednesday