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Society

Bujumbura : CNTS employees go on strike

Employees of the National Blood Transfusion Center CNTS gathered within the SYNAPA union began an indefinite strike movement on Monday. They are demanding their unpaid salaries for the months of

Society

Photo of the week : cases of home abandonment goes up

In Bujumbura, the Burundi’s commercial capital, fathers are deserting their homes and leaving their spouses and children without news. Women face alone the heavy financial responsibility of their household. Very

Security

Rumonge: a woman injured, her son killed in a machete attack

A young boy was killed, his head cut off and his mother injured with a machete by unidentified people on Gashasha hill in the Kigwena zone of the Rumonge commune

DRC En

Uvira: the fuel crisis in Burundi is driving up its price in Congo

Since July 5, gasoline cost has gone up in Uvira, in the province of South Kivu, eastern DRC. A liter costs 8,000 Congolese francs, up from 3000 francs. For good

Society

Makamba: teachers againstschool principals’ forced collection of money

The teachers in the Provincial Directorate of Education of Makamba (southern Burundi) are against the collection of a contribution ranging from 4,000 to 14,000 Burundian francs in the communal directorates

DRC En

Uvira : the UNHCR encourages refugees to return

The UNHCR’s “Go and See” program has been expanding across the DRC in recent days. In collaboration with Burundian and Congolese authorities, the UNHCR had a team of Burundian refugees

Society

Bujumbura: cases of home abandonment goes up

In Bujumbura, the Burundi’s economic capital, fathers are deserting their homes and leaving their spouses and children without news. Women face alone the heavy financial responsibility of their household. Very

Justice En

Gitega : Emilienne Sibomana acquitted by the Court of Appeal

The ruling on the Emilenne Sibomana case fell last Friday. The information is confirmed by lawyer Michella Niyonizigiye, her lawyer. This specifies that the judgment was pronounced and notified to

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : five Burundian refugee women raped at the same time

Five women were victims of sexual violence last week near the Nduta camp in Tanzania. All Burundian refugees, they contacted the camp administration for investigations. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The

Criminalité

Rugombo : two young motorcycle taxi riders kidnapped

Justin Nirema and Yves Nsanzurwimo have not been found since last Saturday. They were kidnapped while taking food to their brothers studying in the DRC, according to witnesses.Intelligence suspected them