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Criminalité

Rumonge : a body floating on Lake Tanganyika discovered

The body of Emmanuel Nduwimana (46 years old) was found very close to the commercial port of Rumonge on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. His corpse was floating on the waters

Médias

Bujumbura : the head office of the Iwacu press group targeted by stone throwing

Unidentified people threw stones into the plot hosting the office of the Iwacu press group located in the commercial city Bujumbura on Monday night. Those responsible for this independent medium

Society

Christ Roi High School in Mushasha: students protested against the new deliberation criteria

Finalist students from Lycée Christ Roi de Mushasha in Gitega, the Burundi’s political capital, went on a strike on June 20, 2024. They are protesting against the new deliberation criteria

Criminalité

Bujumbura: a man’s whereabouts unkwonon

Jean Marie Bizimungu (30 years ) was kidnapped on June 7 in the commercial city Bujumbura. He can’t be found anywhere. His place of detention has never been notified to

Human Rights

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

Human Rights

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