Human Rights
Kayokwe: release of a former soldier
An ex-Fab soldier (Burundi Armed Forces before the integration of the Hutu armed movements), Elvis Nzigamasabo had been detained since January 13 at the provincial police station in Mwaro (central
Mahama (Rwanda): ration quotas revised upwards for some refugees
The monthly amount in currency allocated to each refugee in the Mahama camp increases from 7,000 Frw (7 USD) to 10,000 Frw (10 USD) for the poorest (Social Category I)
Nyarugusu: closing of clandestine pharmacies
The hunt those running clandestine pharmacies has been launched in the Nyarugusu camp, in Tanzania. Medical Team International, an NGO that deals with the health component, wants to discourage self-medication.
Ntega : wanawake tisa waliuwawa na waume zao kwa kipindi cha mwaka mmoja
Wakaazi wa tarafa ya Ntega mkoani Kirundo (kaskazini mwa Burundi) waliomba adhabu ya kunyongwa iweze kurudishwa kwa ajili ya kushughulikia watu wote wanaofanya mauwaji. Ombi hilo limejiri baada ya mauwaji
Rwanda : HCR yatafuta wakimbizi kwa ajili ya Canada
HCR-Rwanda iko kwenye hatua ya kuhamasisha jamii ya wakimbizi kwa ajili ya kuhamia nchini Canada kwa sababu za kiuchumi. Baada ya Kigali, ni zamu ya kambi ya Mahama. Lengo :
Ntega : nine women killed by their husbands in one year
Residents of Ntega districts in Kirundo province (northern Burundi) have called for the death penalty to be reinstated to execute anyone who perpetrated murder. This request comes following an assassination
Meheba (Zambia) : dozens of houses destroyed by torrential rains
The months of December and January are the rainiest in Zambia, especially in the northwestern part which is home to the Meheba refugee camp. The latter has already recorded several
Photo of the week : Congolese refugees refer to embassies in Kigali
Representatives of more than 70,000 Congolese refugees living in Rwanda on Monday (January 23rd) submitted a petition to various embassies in Kigali, calling on the international community to help end
Rutana: the prosecutor of Rutana and the former head of the SNR under legal proceedings
The public prosecutor in the province of Rutana (south-east of Burundi) is being prosecuted for failing to assist a person in danger as the former head of the national intelligence
Makamba : three men including a school principal in detention for rape of minors
Three men are detained by the police in Makamba province (southern Burundi). Among them, the director of the basic school of Kigongo. The three men are accused of sexual rape