Posts From Eric Irambona
Giharo : attempted arrest of a district leader of the UPRONA party
Usuel Ntakarutimana, leader of the UPRONA party (Union for National Progress) in Giharo district in Rutana province, southeast Burundi, was the victim of an attempted arrest by the district leader
Gitega : a person who died in obscure circumstances
The body of Fabrice Nimpagaritse, 22 years old, was found on Monday, July 15, hanging on a tree. The macabre discovery that SOS Médias Burundi learned of on Thursday took
Bururi : an administration officer prosecuted for complicity in illegal fuel trafficking
Gilbert Niyonkuru was arrested on Monday afternoon by the judicial police in Bururi. He is suspected of complicity in illicit fuel trafficking in Rushemeza village, Muzenga zone, in the Bururi
Buganda: at least five bodies discovered in less than a week
Five bodies including three men and two women were found on Ndava and Ruhagarika hills in Buganda commune, Cibitoke province (north-western Burundi) in less than a week, local residents report.
Dzaleka (Malawi): more than 400 refugees arrested
A large-scale search was conducted by the police and the army on Thursday morning at the Dzaleka camp in Malawi after the gunshots rang out the night before in the
Gitega: the journalist Gérard Nibigira’s case becomes knoty
The case of the radio Isanganiro correspond in the province of Gitega (central Burundi) has been entrusted to the prosecution. Yet, the journalist was not questioned by an OPJ even
Cibitoke: a woman killed in her field
A woman was killed and her husband seriously wounded in their field very early in the morning of Monday on transverse road 11 of Rusiga hill in Rugombo commune, Cibitoke
Mitakataka: the FRODEBU party’s office allegedly defiled by the Imbonerakure
Sahwanya FRODEBU party’s activists in the Mitakataka zone in Bubanza commune and province (western Burundi) denounce what they describe as acts of political intolerance.The party’s permanence has been sullied by
Gitega : barely started, the appointment of members of the decentralized commissions of the CENI is already giving rise to protests
The provincial leader of the Sahwanya FRODEBU (Front for Democracy in Burundi) party in Gitega province (central Burundi) deplores that the designation of members of the CEPI (independent provincial electoral
Rumonge : two people sentenced to 15 years in prison for forgery and use of forged documents
Florian Ndayipfukamiye and Patrick Niyukuri were sentenced to a main penal servitude sentence of 15 years and a fine of one million each to be paid to the public treasury.