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Rumonge: launch of the appeal trial of the 272 Burundian soldiers who refused to fight alongside FARDC

This Tuesday will open in Rumonge (southwest of Burundi), the appeal trial of 272 Burundian soldiers who denied to go and fight alongside the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic

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Rumonge : a man missing after being arrested by intelligence

Fleury Niyonkomezi has been missing since Wednesday, October 23. This activist of the opposition CNL party and at the same time evangelist within the local church EUSEBU (Church for the

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Bururi : three judges released

Léonard Nizigiyimana, Irène Mukeshimana and Antoine Ngendakumana, three judges of the First Instance Court of Bururi (southern Burundi) were released by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic on Tuesday,

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Bubanza : arrest followed by detention of the former provincial representative of the Imbonerakure

Méthode Uwimana, former representative of the youth league of the CNDD-FDD, the Imbonerakure in Bubanza province (western Burundi) is held in the dungeon of the provincial police station. He was

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Mozambique : eight Burundians threatened with being sent to prison

Eight Burundian nationals have been detained in a Mozambican police cell in the province of Nampula, located northeast of the capital Maputo, for more than 5 months. They were arrested

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Cibitoke : a police officer shot a resident at point-blank range, seriously injuring him

Gédéon Nzitonda, a public transport bus driver, was seriously injured on Friday around 9 p.m. when a police officer intentionally shot him. The incident occurred in the town center of

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Cibitoke : the provincial representative of the SNR arrested

Police Colonel Félix Havyarimana, provincial head of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) was arrested on October 11 on the orders of the Attorney General of the Republic. He is held

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Gitega : three Imbonerakure suspected of murder in detention

Égide Manirambona, Sylvain Kwizera and Roger Nahayo, members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the Imbonerakure, are detained in the central prison of Gitega (political capital). They are suspects in “the

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Bururi: a minor detained for desecration of graves

Jean Bosco Ciza, 13, is detained in the police cell in Bururi (southern Burundi) over “desecration of graves”. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Jean Bosco Ciza was arrested by Imbonerakure (members

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Gitega : two political prisoners deprived of health care

These are police Major General Herménégilde Nimenya and Colonel Michel Kazungu. The two men, who are serving life jails in the case of the failed coup of May 2015, are