Environment

Environment

Fizi : houses of Burundian refugees from 1972 threatened by the waters of Lake Tanganyika

In the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 800 families, made up mostly of Burundians who fled the massacres of 1972

Governance

Bujumbura : the mayor gives administrative officials 45 days to make the city clean

The mayor of the city of Bujumbura accuses the local administration staff of not dealing with issues related to sanitation. He gave them an ultimatum of just one and a

Society

Buganda : two people seriously injured and several houses destroyed following torrential rains

Two people were injured, around a hundred houses destroyed and more than 500 hectares of crop fields damaged by torrential rains which fell in Nyamitanga village in the Ndava zone

Society

Mugina: two people dead and three others injured following torrential rains

Two people died, three others seriously injured and several houses and fields washed away by heavy rain mixed with hail and violent winds on the hills of Kagurutsi and Nyamihana

Society

Bukinanyana: more than two hundred houses destroyed by torrential rains

220 houses and 7 classrooms demolished, several hectares of fields damaged, suggests a report of the damage caused by torrential rains mixed with hail this Tuesday September 12 and Wednesday

Environment

Muyinga: significant material damage following torrential rains

Houses and crop fields were damaged by torrential rains mixed with hail on Tuesday afternoon in Butihinda commune, Muyinga province in northeastern Burundi. The population is asking for emergency aid.

Security

Mabayi : 15 clandestine gold miners died in an artisanal mine

The horror happened on the night of Friday to Saturday on Rutabo sub-village, Gafumbegeti village. It is in the Butahana zone of the district of Mabayi, in the province of

Environment

Muyinga: moshi unaotokana na viripuzi vinavyotumiwa katika migodi ya dhahabu husababisha maradhi ya mapaafu na kifo

Wakaazi wa kijiji cha Kamaramagambo tarafani Butihinda mkoa wa Muyinga (kaskazini mashariki mwa Burundi) wanasema kuwa moshi unaoletwa na viripuzi vinavyotumiwa kuvunja mawe makubwa ndani ya migodi na kusababisha maradhi

Economy

Muyinga: smoke from explosives used in gold mines causes fatal lung poisoning

Residents of Kamaramagambo hill in Butihinda commune, Muyinga province (north-eastern Burundi) say they are under threat of the smoke from explosives causing pulmonary poisoning as sounds of explosion disturb pregnant

Environment

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

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