Posts From Eric Irambona

Society

Meeting of Pope Francis with victims of eastern DRC : your suffering is my suffering (the sovereign pontiff)

The sovereign pontiff met on Wednesday afternoon with representatives of victims of atrocities perpetrated in eastern Congo where several local and foreign armed groups are raging. He also received representatives

Governance

Rumonge: the new municipal administrators have not yet taken office, services are idling

Residents of the communes of Rumonge, Bugarama and Buyengero in the province of Rumonge (southwestern Burundi) say they have not had access to certain administrative documents since a month ago.

Human Rights

Kayokwe: release of a former soldier

An ex-Fab soldier (Burundi Armed Forces before the integration of the Hutu armed movements), Elvis Nzigamasabo had been detained since January 13 at the provincial police station in Mwaro (central

Refugees

Rwanda : HCR yatafuta wakimbizi kwa ajili ya Canada

HCR-Rwanda iko kwenye hatua ya kuhamasisha jamii ya wakimbizi kwa ajili ya kuhamia nchini Canada kwa sababu za kiuchumi. Baada ya Kigali, ni zamu ya kambi ya Mahama. Lengo :

Politic

Masisi (DRC) : the city of Kitshanga fell into the hands of the M23

Since Thursday evening, M23 rebels have taken control of the city of Kitshanga located some 80 kilometers northwest of the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu

Society

Burundi : users of the Ecocash system in disarray

The Burundi Revenue Authority (OBR) seized accounts of the Econet Wireless Burundi mobile phone company. Users of its Ecocash money transfer system can no longer withdraw their money. Super agents,

Governance

Burundi : watumiaji wa mtandao wa Ecocash wajawa na hofu

Mamlaka ya kukusanya mapato ya serikali (OBR) ilichukuwa udhibiti wa akaunti za kampuni ya mawasiliano ya simu za mkononi ya Econet Wireless Burundi. Watumiaji wa mfumo wake kutuma na kupokea

Security

Rwanda-DRC : the Rwandan army fired on a Congolese fighter plane

Rwanda acknowledges “having taken defensive measures and fired on a Congolese warplane which violated the Rwandan airspace on Tuesday, January 24”. This is the third such incident reported by Rwandan

Politic

Burundi : the CNDD-FDD restructures itself without splitting

The CNDD-FDD held a congress this Sunday in the political capital Gitega. The majority of observers expected it to split. But the ruling party announced some restructurings without cracking as

Health

Bukinanyana : angalau watu 117 walipatikana na Covid-19

Janga la Covid-19 linaripotiwa katika tarafa ya Bukinanyana. Ni katika mkoa wa Cibitoke Kaskazini magharibi mwa Burundi. Angalau watu 117 walipatikana na virusi vya Covid-19 tangu mwanzoni mwa wiki hii.