Criminalité
War in Eastern Congo : Is South Africa planning to use Bujumbura airport to send new troops to Congo?
At least two South African army planes landed at Bujumbura airport in the commercial city of Burundi last Wednesday. They were carrying soldiers who were supposed to reinforce positions of
Giheta: discovery of a corpse
A decomposing body of a man was discovered last Saturday in the Nyambeho valley separating the communes of Gitega and Giheta in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). It has
Cibitoke : a series of deadly landslides hit gold mining sites
In the space of a few weeks, the province of Cibitoke has been the scene of several mining tragedies. Landslides caused by heavy rainfall have already cost the lives of
Gatumba: an increasing number of Congolese flee to Burundi, some end up in custody
Several Congolese from the cities of Goma, Bukavu and Uvira, in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the east of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) keep
Bujumbura : the “abusive” detention of journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana risks tarnishing the country’s image according to the CNIDH
The chairperson of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, CNIDH, deplores the situation of abusively keeping detainees in prisons while they have already served their sentence. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba said
Rumonge : nearly a hundred pupils subjected to paramilitary training by the CNDD-FDD
Pupils from Rumonge secondary school and neighboring primary schools were summoned on Wednesday to a meeting organized by members of the CNDD-FDD, the former Hutu rebellion that became the ruling
War in Eastern Congo : DRC will not bend, DRC will not back down (Tshisekedi statement)
The Rwandan defense forces, in support of their M23 puppets, are continuing their terrorist enterprise on our territory, sowing terror and desolation among our populations, accused Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi
Burundi: Families of Burundian soldiers killed in fighting with the M23 prevented from mourning
In Burundi, several families have lost members, elements of the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) who are fighting alongside the FARDC, the Congolese army and its allies against the M23.
Gitega: A girl brutally killed after being raped
Josiane Niyonkuru, in her twenties, was raped and then brutally killed. The tragedy took place in the Magarama neighborhood in the political capital Gitega. A suspect was arrested by the
War in Eastern Congo : Congolese refugees continue to flee to Rwanda, whose residents are also moving
Rwanda had more than 1,200 new Congolese refugees until Tuesday, from the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in eastern Congo, which was taken over by M23 rebels earlier