Posts From Eric Irambona

Society

Burundi: from now on all field visits by administration staff will be financed by NGOs

Technical and financial partners working in each locality will now provide a budget to finance trips of administration authorities. This is for the latter to go to the ground to

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania): two young Burundian refugees tortured

The two young refugees were tortured in the Nduta camp in Tanzania. Police officers are torched, but they totally reject these accusations. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Évariste was found this

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda): Hatma ya wakimbizi wa burundi mashakani

Ujumbe mwingi rasmi na usio rasmi unawalika wakimbizi wa burundi katika kambi ya Mahama nchini Rwanda kurejea “kwa hiari” nyumbani. Kwa wahusika, Hatma yao iko katika hali ya wasi wasi.

Politic

Muyinga: more than 50 opponents in detention

People mostly made of Muslims have been imprisoned in the Muyinga police cell (North-Eastern Burundi) since Sunday, October 9. They are suspected of holding an illegal meeting of the opposition

Refugees

Uvira-Fizi : more than 870 Burundians transferred to Mulongwe

More than 870 Burundian asylum seekers were received on October 14 and 16 at the Mulongwe refugee camp. It is in the territory of Fizi in the province of South

Health

Burundi: Pig disease kills several of them

At the beginning of October 2022, three pigs died on Kibimba hill in the commune of Giheta in the province of Gitega (Central Burundi).A disease which is still not known

Society

Bubanza: five thousand households expropriated ask to be relocated

More than 200 people went to the office of the governor of Bubanza province (Western Burundi) on Monday where they observed a sit-in. They asked the governor to defend their

Society

Kirundo: forced contribution of the inhabitants which ends up in the pockets of the administrative and presidential party’s members

Residents who did not contribute food or money to support the demonstration last Saturday are threatened. The event organizers indicated that it was prepared to show support for the President

Security

DRC (Beni) : a new ADF rebel incursion kills ten people in the Banande-Kainama groupment

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels made a new deadly attack on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in the Vido village in the Banande-Kainama groupment, Beni-Mbau sector in the

Refugees

Uganda : towards a ban on the beating of Burundian drums among refugees

The Burundi Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has issued a memorandum prohibiting the beating of drums anywhere in Uganda. It also called on cultural clubs to hand over their drums to