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Rumonge : the provincial court sentenced a young man who killed his nephew to 20 years in jail
Ernest Ndayikeza was tried at the end of a flagrant trial on Saturday. It took place at the Rumonge First Instance Court (southwest Burundi). INFO SOS Médias Burundi Ernest Ndayikeza,
Kayanza : a bank agent sentenced to five years in prison for insulting the presidential couple
Jacques Ntakirutimana was sentenced by the Kayanza Court (northern Burundi) in a flagrante delicto trial on Tuesday. This BGF (Bank of Management and Financing) agent was accused of insulting the
Burundi : President Neva wants to relieve prison congestion but his lieutenants are slowing down the operation
Last Friday, Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye launched the operation to relieve prison congestion at Muramvya central prison. He acknowledged that remand centers are overcrowded in his country, which is a
Rumonge : two men sentenced to six months in prison in a case of illegal sale of fuel
The ruling was delivered on Friday by the Rumonge Court in southwest Burundi. They were found guilty of “complicity in undermining the country’s economy”. INFOS SOS Médias Burundi The two
Bujumbura : the prosecution requested 12 years in prison against journalist Sandra Muhoza
The public prosecutor requested Tuesday a 12-year prison sentence and the payment of a fine of one million Burundi francs against journalist Sandra Muhoza. Her lawyers continue to proclaim her
Gitega : a Tutsi replaces another Tutsi at the top of the Supreme Court
Gamaliel Nkurunziza is now president of the highest court in Burundi since Monday. He was approved by the upper chamber of the Burundian parliament during an extraordinary plenary session held
Gitega : a man in detention for murder
Jean Bosco Ntakarutimana has been detained in a police cell in the political capital Gitega since November 5. He is suspected of murder. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The detainee was
Burundi : the CVR continues its controversial investigations
Since Monday, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) has launched investigations in six provinces in southeast and northeast Burundi. The highly controversial commission in charge of reconciliation between Burundians, which
Mugamba: the president of the court of residence and a clerk in detention
Jean de Dieu Ndayishimiye, president of the court of residence of Mugamba in the province of Bururi (southern Burundi) and Agnès Ndayirorere, clerk at the same court have been detained
Rumonge: the trial for the 272 Burundian soldiers who refused to go and fight alongside the FARDC, in the second degree
This Tuesday opened in Rumonge, southwestern Burundi, the appeal trial of 272 soldiers of the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) who refused to go to fight alongside the Congolese army