Posts From Leila Keza
Photo of the week: Nationals of the 21 COMESA countries exempted from short-stay visa in Burundi
The announcement was made in Bujumbura, the Burundi’s financial capital, on October 3, by the Burundian President, Évariste Ndayishimiye. He said so at the 23rd summit of heads of state
Gitega: a body of a sixty-year-old discovered
The body of Félicité Mvuyekure was discovered on Saturday in the village of Mirama. It is in the district and province of Gitega (central Burundi). A woman suspected of having
Rumonge : a man missing after being arrested by intelligence
Fleury Niyonkomezi has been missing since Wednesday, October 23. This activist of the opposition CNL party and at the same time evangelist within the local church EUSEBU (Church for the
Rumonge : towards the closure of Izere Fm radio?
For almost a week, Izere Fm, a community radio station broadcasting from the town center of Rumonge province (southwest Burundi), has not broadcast its programs. According to local residents, there
Nduta (Tanzania): the administration refuses to rebuild and replace the latrines
Almost all the latrines are full and several of them are overflowing while refugees are warning and the camp administration turning a blind eye. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The refugees
Gitega : three Imbonerakure suspected of murder in detention
Égide Manirambona, Sylvain Kwizera and Roger Nahayo, members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the Imbonerakure, are detained in the central prison of Gitega (political capital). They are suspects in “the
Nakivale (Uganda): more than 2,000 Burundian asylum seekers rejected
They had fled since 2018 and see their host country reject their asylum applications. These Burundians must appeal. They suspect a hand of the Burundian government behind this refusal. INFO
Rumonge: six houses burned down by fire
The fire broke out in the Swahili neighborhood of the provincial capital of Rumonge province (southwest Burundi). A short circuit is suspected to have caused this fire. The police did
Cibitoke : vertiginous increase in the price of all basic necessities
A price increase of basic necessities has been observed in all the districts of the Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) for almost a month. The populations are worried about this situation
Gitega: Imbonerakure commit crimes with impunity
On September 2, Vital Ndabemeye died at Sainte Thérèse hospital in Gitega (central Burundi). He had been hospitalized after being seriously beaten up and injured by Imbonerakure (members of the