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Refugees

Photo of the week : hundreds of Burundians detained on the Tanzanian soil

Burundians looking for work in neighboring Tanzania suffer various abuses. They are either unpaid, ransomed back home or imprisoned. In the Kasulu and Nyamisivya dungeons in the Kigoma region (northwest

Society

Makamba : activities paralyzed following untimely power cuts

Makamba province (southern Burundi), like most other provinces in the country, has been experiencing an untimely power cut for some time. The shortfall is enormous, according to managers of both

Criminalité

Gitega : a police officer found dead

The body of first police sergeant Major Lionel Bizoza, 34 years old, was found in the morning of Sunday, June 23, in the Karonga stream located in Rukoba village in

Economy

Bujumbura : fuel crisis, state vehicles join public transport

Burundi is experiencing an unprecedented fuel crisis. Consequences are enormous on citizens in general and more particularly inhabitants of the commercial capital, Bujumbura. In the parking lots, an unusual situation

Politic

Bunyoni case : his former subjects suspect everything

On Friday June 14, 2024, an incident took place at the central prison of Gitega (political capital) where the former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and boss of the

Human Rights

Journalist Sandra Muhoza’s detention – Press release from the coalition of journalists of SOS Médias Burundi

We strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of our colleague, Sandra Muhoza, jailed since April 18 in Bujumbura. This deliberate repression against independent media is an affront to freedom of expression

Society

Bujumbura: strong drinks taken by minors

Parents in the Gihosha zone, north of the commercial city Bujumbura, have launched an alert. Their children, including minors, take very alcoholic drinks. INFO SOS Médias Burundi A parent raises

Refugees

International Refugee Day: between hope and resignation among Burundian refugees

Every June 20, the world celebrates Refugee Day, an opportunity to think of them and defend, protect and promote their rights, according to the UNHCR. For more than 300,000 Burundians

Criminalité

Bubanza : five men including three Imbonerakure in detention after the death of a man

Ndiwenumuryango, in his thirties, was found dead in an oil palm field last Sunday in Kizina, in the Mitakataka zone. It is in the district and province of Bubanza (western

Economy

Burundi-Fuel crisis : the government has abdicated in the face of the fuel crisis (senate president)

The president of the Senate on Monday asked the ministers in charge of transport and internal affairs to “reauthorize the circulation of motorcycles in downtown Bujumbura (commercial city) to allow