Posts From David Irakoze
Burundi : the price of the transport ticket revised upwards
The minister in charge of trade announced new prices for the transport ticket in the commercial capital Bujumbura and in the provinces, this Wednesday. The price of a bus ticket
Busoni : the former district administrator and three members of the district council in detention
The former administrator of the district of Busoni, in the province of Kirundo (northern Burundi) as well as three other members of the district council of this constituency have been
North Kivu: Congolese justice has opened an investigation into the case of the Goma demontrators massacres
Citizen movements and pressure groups in North Kivu, along with civil society activists, want to see perpetrators of Goma massacres on August 30 “answer for their barbaric acts” which claimed
Rumonge : the government regrets the enormous expenses incurred in prisons
The Vice-President of the Republic of Burundi, Prosper Bazombanza expressed the regrets of the government which plans to spend this year around 15 billion Burundi francs from its general budget
Homosexuals-affair : burial of a former detainee, denied access to appropriate care (Witnesses and Family)
Mevin Shurweryimana was buried on Tuesday at the Mushasha cemetery in the political capital Gitega. The 33-year-old man died overnight from Thursday to Friday. He was one of twenty defendants
Nduta (Tanzania): at least five children tested positive for HIV/AIDS, a first since 2015
At least five under-two-year old children have tested positive for HIV/AIDS in the Tanzania’s Nduta refugee camp. Refugees are so worried and say they fear that the number of children
Burundi : over 40 organizations demand the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur
Forty international and Burundian organizations are appealing to the United Nations Human Rights Council to request the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi. For these organizations,
Great Lakes : the ICGLR and the UNHCR warn of the risk of statelessness of more than 100,000 refugees
A new study by the Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlights the
Nduta (Tanzania) : an SOS for a dying child
The camp administration has denied access to care for a child under five who requires intensive care outside Nduta camp in Tanzania. The NGO MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) finds itself
Burundi : consumers overwhelmed by the general rise in prices
Burundi is experiencing a sort of cascading price increase for basic necessities. This leads to the high cost of the living. The purchasing power of the inhabitants has not changed.