Posts From Eric Irambona

Economy

Rumonge : intelligence seized a large quantity of fuel

This is a quantity of at least 2500 liters of fuel. The seizure took place in the Swahili neighborhood in the town center of the province of Rumonge (southwest Burundi).

Médias

Bujumbura : the prosecution requested 12 years in prison against journalist Sandra Muhoza

The public prosecutor requested Tuesday a 12-year prison sentence and the payment of a fine of one million Burundi francs against journalist Sandra Muhoza. Her lawyers continue to proclaim her

Refugees

Bwagiriza : blocking of mixed couples for resettlement

In the Bwagiriza refugee camp located in the province of Ruyigi (eastern Burundi), there are Congolese refugees, most of whom are in the resettlement phase. However, some heterogeneous couples, mainly

Justice En

Cibitoke : the provincial representative of the SNR arrested

Police Colonel Félix Havyarimana, provincial head of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) was arrested on October 11 on the orders of the Attorney General of the Republic. He is held

Security

Mabanda: two women accused of street fuel sales transferred to the Makamba prosecutor’s cell

Two women were transferred to the Makamba prosecutor’s cell (southern Burundi) for illegal fuel sales last Friday. They had been arrested by the Mabanda police (same province) near the communal

Economy

Bujumbura : a fire ravaged a market, leaving families in total despair

A dark Sunday for people who carry out their activities at the small market in the Mutanga Nord neighborhood in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura. Several families

Economy

Mugina : over 70 people arrested in 8 months for having illegally traveled to Rwanda

Residents of villages bordering Rwanda in Mugina district, in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi), no longer hide their concerns. More than 70 people have already been arrested by the police in

Security

Mugina: a couple murdered with a machete

Charles Mpawenimana (67 years old) and his wife Frédiane Ndayisavyimana, 52 years old, were killed over the night of August 26 to 27. The double murder took place at Nyempundu

Politic

Gitega: the creation of the independent municipal electoral commission controversial

In the commune of Gitega, the Burundi’s political capital Gitega, members of the Independent Communal Electoral Commission (CECI) were previsionaly revealed on Friday August 23. They are seven including five

Justice En

Kayanza : a one-year jail for a district secretary and his co-defendants

The First Instance Court sentenced the district secretary of Kabarore in the Kayanza province (north of the country) and his four co-defendants to one year in prison and a fine