Posts From Leila Keza

Security

Cibitoke: miili tisa ya waasi wa Rwanda ilipatikana katika msitu wa kibira

Alasiri siku ya ijumaa, walinzi wa msitu waliona miili tisa ikianza kuharibika kwenye mlima wa Gafumbegeti. Ni katika kijiji cha Butahana tarafani Mabayi mkoa wa Cibitoke (kaskazini-magharibi mwa Burundi). Kijiji

Security

Nairobi Conclave: representatives of the Banyamulenge community withdraw from talks

Representatives of members of the Banyamulenge community have boycotted the Nairobi talks since Thursday. For good reason, an armed attack which claimed lives of seven members of this community in

Security

Kirundo: a returnee executed by soldiers

A unnamed man was killed by soldiers last Saturday afternoon in an incident that took place in the Murehe nature reserve near the Burundian-Rwandan border in the commune of Busoni

Human Rights

Karusi: a man admitted after being stabbed by an Imbonerakure

Prosper Bitangayezu was seriously injured in the abdomen stermming from a stabbing by an Imbonerakure (member of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the presidential party). The incident took place on the

Security

South Kivu: General Nzabampema denies having been dislodged from his strategic positions

On Monday, the Burundian rebel leader denied reports that the Burundian and Congolese armies killed 40 of his fighters during recent fighting in South Kivu (Eastern DRC). He claims to

Politic

Gitega: wapinzani wawili wazuiliwa jela kwa zaidi ya mwezi

Wafuasi wawili wa chama cha CNL wa tarafa ya Bugendana mkoa wa Gitega (kati kati ya Burundi) wanazuiliwa jela kwa zaidi ya mwezi mmoja. Wanatuhumiwa kumubaka na kumuuwa mwanamke mmoja.

Human Rights

Burundi: journalist Jérémie Misago found and presented to the press

Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, the Burundian police showed journalist Jérémie Misago to the local press. The latter had not given a sign of life since last Saturday,

Security

Ituri: a new attack by ADF rebels leaves dead and injured in Irumu

Suspected ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) rebels have made a new attack in the village of Malibongo, in the Bahema Mitego groupment, south of Irumu territory in Ituri province (eastern DRC).

Society

Cibitoke: the police station cell holds 110 defendants in a space intended for 20 people

Local human rights defenders in Cibitoke (Northwest Burundi) warn that several people are crammed into the police station in inhuman conditions. In addition to the overcrowding, suspects are extorted by

Human Rights

Media: Isanganiro and Bonesha FM radio managers summoned by the CNC

They responded to the summons by the executive secretary of the National Communication Council (CNC). They should explain the issue on the lives of sex workers (women and girls) broadcast