Posts From Jean Ntumwa
Photo of the week: private media increasingly faced with financial problems
Burundian media have been facing financial difficulties for some time. Interns and volunteers are the ones mostly hired for long periods as they’re less demanding in terms of salary. Even
Burundi: angalau 25% ya wandishi wa habari walipewa kadi
Baraza la CNC (baraza la uandishi wa habari) siku ya ijumaa ilizindua rasmi shughuli ya kutoa kadi mpya ya uandishi wa habari. Ni idadi ndogo ya wandishi walioweza kupata kadi
Ngozi: a little girl injured by an Indian national
A 12-year-old girl was assaulted by an Indian man. His mistake: having greeted him “hello Muzungu or hello Mr. White”. The little girl’s family is demanding justice. The author was
Nyanza-Lac: CNDD-FDD communal secretary and Imbonerakure representative arrested
The presidential party’s communal secretary and the youth league leader in the commune of Nyanza-Lac (province of Makamba, southern Burundi) were arrested this Saturday morning, days after the dismissal of
Buraza: four district leaders of the CNL party in detention
Four CNL leaders in the district of Buraza, in the province of Gitega (Central Burundi) were arrested last Saturday. They are accused of stealing sweet potatoes from a crop field.
Tanzania: Malnutrition-related diseases threaten under five children in Burundian refugee camps
Nearly two thousand children suffer from malnutrition associated diseases in the Burundian refugee camps in Tanzania. This limits their mental and physical development, according to specialists. INFO SOS Médias Burundi
Nairobi: the protagonists in the Congolese crisis meet without the M23
Since Monday, November 28, a meeting is talking place in Nairobi, for six days without the M23, to deal with the Congolese crisis. The M23, a rebel movement which seized
Tanzania: more than 12,000 people without latrines in Nduta and Nyarugusu camps
They are 203 families. These Burundian and Congolese refugees have no toilet facilities and fear for the break out of dirty hands linked diseases. INFO SOS Médias Burundi It’s mainly
Muyinga: residents give their contributions in the week of the war veterans, the collections end up in the individuals’ pocket
In the province of Muyinga (North-Eastern Burundi), residents say they are suffering following the presidential party’s members forcing them to give contribution in kind or in money. The funds are
Tanzania: poor management of refugee medical transfers
Refugees denounce fraudulent management of medical transfers in the Nduta and Nyarugusu camps. They accuse the NGO in charge of granting these transfers of monetizing them and putting Tanzanians in