Posts From Jean Ntumwa

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Bubanza : over 150 inmates released

At least 159 prisoners were released by the minister in charge of justice on Thursday. They were detained at the central prison of Bubanza (west Burundi). Minister Domine Banyankimbona explained

Security

War in the DRC : eight peacekeepers injured in Sake

The United Nations office in the DRC deplores that eight peacekeepers were injured, including one seriously in Sake on Saturday. Bintou Keita, UN representative in the DRC, says soldiers from

Security

Goma : the M23 targets main FDLR strongholds in Masisi and Rutshuru

Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 has intensified in recent days. The M23 is especially increasing attacks in the strategic areas of the rebellion of the Rwandan FDLR

Governance

Gitega : President Neva continues to attack Rwanda and the settlers, a source of misfortune for Burundians according to him

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has once again attacked Rwanda and the settlers who, according to him, are a source of misfortune for Burundians. He affirmed that Rwanda holds certain Burundians

Justice En

Buyengero : an “untouchable” manager of Imbonerakure arrests an ex-FAB retiree

Gordien Nkurunziza, a retired soldier from the former Burundian Armed Forces, was arrested last Saturday by the district police commissioner in Buyengero. It is in the province of Rumonge (southwest

Politic-supp

Makamba : UPRONA party activities banned in Nyanza-Lac and Vugizo

On Sunday, members of the UPRONA party were refused to hold a meeting in Buheka village. It is in Nyanza-Lac district in Makamba province (southern Burundi). Three weeks ago, another

Refugees

Fizi : houses of Burundian refugees from 1972 threatened by the waters of Lake Tanganyika

In the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 800 families, made up mostly of Burundians who fled the massacres of 1972

Politic

Burundi : the regime helps the CNL to split, which does not scare its leader Agathon Rwasa

On Sunday, a group of CNL party officials organized an extraordinary congress in the town center of the province of Ngozi (northern Burundi). They chose Nestor Girukwishaka as their new

Human Rights

Cibitoke: four ladies killed the day before women’s day

Four women were killed and eight girls victims of rape at the start of the month dedicated to women in the communes of Rugombo, Murwi, Bukinanyana and Buganda, in Cibitoke

Human Rights

Mahama (Rwanda): Congolese Tutsi refugees from Mahama joined their peers to alert the world

This Wednesday, it was the turn of the Mahama camp’s Congolese Tutsi refugees in the Kirehe district, to add their voice to that of other Congolese exiled in Rwanda to