Human Rights
Ngozi : a teacher gets seven years in prison
Ezéchiel Minani, a teacher in the urban center of Ngozi (northern Burundi) received a prison sentence of seven years in prison. He is accused of raping his 18-year-old girl. The
Burundi: 5 women’s organizations ask President Ndayishimiye to free eight activists, including six women
Five Burundian women’s organizations in exile demanded the Burundian president to release human rights defenders. In their letter, they say the persons concerned are illegally detained in reference to United
Ngozi : 25 years in prison required against a teacher convicted of raping his pupil
The prosecution in Ngozi (northern Burundi) requested that Ezéchiel Minani be sentenced to a 25 years’ jail and 200,000 Burundi francs in compensation to the victim. A teacher in a
Gitega : sentences ranging from 10 years to life for four people accused of murder in Mutoyi
The First Instance Court of Gitega (central Burundi) ruled on Tuesday on sentences ranging from ten years to life against four people tried for premeditated murder. INFO SOS Médias Burundi
Gitega : a secondary school teacher found dead, clubbed to death
Gérard Mbazumutima, 47 years old, a historian by training and teacher at Sainte Thérèse de Mushasha secondary school in Gitega (political capital) was killed with clubs by people not yet
Goma : angalau watoto 16 walifariki dunia kutokana na mazingira mabaya ndani ya kambi mpya ya wakimbizi wa ndani ya Majengo
Watoto wote 16 walifariki dunia katika kipindi cha chini ya wiki mbili. Kituo kinachowapa hifadhi wakimbizi hao wa vita kinapatikana katika kata ya Majengo tarafa ya Karisimbi. Ni katika mji
Mabanda : mwanaume mmoja aishi kwa kujificha akihofia kuuwawa na viongozi wa chama cha CNDD-FDD
Alain Ndayikunda alitoroka kwake tangu mwezi mmoja uliopita. Anahofia kuuwawa na mkuu wa kitongoji cha Mara pamoja na mkuu wa chama cha CNDD-FDD eneo hilo wanaokiri hadharani. Mkaazi mwingine anazuiliwa
Rwanda : President Kagame pardoned Paul Rusesabagina
The prison sentence of Paul Rusesabagina and Callixte Nsabimana nicknamed Sankara has been commuted by presidential pardon. They were serving 25 and 15 years in prison respectively. Eighteen other detainees
Goma : a journalist nears death
Journalist Mérite Bahongwere of the Interview.cd media narrowly escaped an attack by a gunman in the Kasika neighborhood, while returning home at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday. It is in
North Kivu: the populations victims of looting in the combat zones in the Masisi territory
During the clashes between the M23 rebels and the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 800 cows were taken from the villages of Kaundu, Buhumba and