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Governance

Nyanza-Lac: the former communal administrator and the communal secretary of the CNDD-FDD released

Jean Claude Nduwimana and Thadée Ndayishimiye, former administrator of Nyanza-Lac and secretary of the CNDD-FDD in the commune of Nyanza-Lac (province of Makamba, southern Burundi) were released on Wednesday. It

Security

Kirundo: who killed the returnee Kambayingwe?

Four people including the provincial CNDD-FDD party secretary in the province of Kirundo (Northern Burundi) and the presidential party’s youth league official at the provincial level are cited in the

Human Rights

Burundi: lawyer Tony Germain Nkina acquitted

Burundian lawyer and activist Tony Germain Nkina was acquitted on Tuesday morning. The Ngozi Court of Appeal (Northern Burundi) which cleared him also discharged his co-accused Apollinaire Hitimana. Human Rights

Security

Irumu: about fifteen people manage to escape from the hands of ADF fighters

It was in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri in the east of the DRC that the concerned persons were able to escape from posts of the

Refugees

Dzaleka : a grenade explosion injured 15

A grenade was thrown on Wednesday night by unidentified people in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi. A bistro of a Burundian community leader was targeted. Police say they have

Human Rights

Burundi: CVR tume ya ukweli na maridhiano yapanga kuchapisha ripoti ya maovu ya 1885 hadi 1971

Ripoti hiyo itawekwa hadharani kabla ya mwaka huu kumaliza, alifahamisha kiongozi wa tume ya CVR Pierre Claver Ndayicariye. Amezidi kuwa tume anayoiongoza itachunguza jukumu la kanisa katoliki na wakoloni katika

Governance

Rumonge: provincial authority is seeking aid for over 3,300 flood victims

On December 5, torrential rains hit localities in the commune and province of Rumonge (Southwest of Burundi). The local authorities gave a balance sheet of 3,370 needy people whose homes

Politic

DRC: the government accuses Rwanda of illegally sending journalists to Rutshuru

In an official statement, the Congolese government denounced the irregular presence of pro-Rwanda journalists in the DRC. The Congolese government spokesperson describes these journalists as being Kigali propagandists in the

Human Rights

Rutana: a member of the ruling party suspected of having ordered an assassination released

Vincent Butoyi was released late Tuesday afternoon by the prosecutor at the Makamba Court of Appeal (South of the country). His release came after the prosecutor of Rutana (Southeast) forbade

Governance

Rumonge: three people including the former governor heard

The administrator of the district of Muhuta and that of Burambi in the province of Rumonge (Southwest Burundi) were heard this Saturday by the prosecutor at the Court of Appeal