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Press : RSF speaks of relief after the pardon granted to journalist Floriane Irangabiye by President Ndayishimiye

In an interview with SOS Médias Burundi late Thursday in the night, Sadibou Marong, director of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) office for sub-Saharan Africa, welcomed the fact that “we

Society

Gitega: insufficient food ration at the central prison

For more than a month, the 1,729 inmates of the central prison of Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, have not had sufficient rations. According to sources within the prison,

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Bujumbura : Elements of the presidential guard jailed for accepting a valuable gift

Police Colonel Christian Nyabenda, head of operations at the Support Group for the Protection of Institutions (GAPI), two other officers from the same group including a woman as well as

Security

Bujumbura : Two police officers sentenced to pay fines for beating up a political party leader

It is the Ntahangwa Court in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura that sentenced the two officers on Tuesday. Gabriel Banzawitonde, chairperson of the APDR party – the

Human Rights

Gatumba Massacres : filing of several complaints for crimes against humanity and genocide

The Banyamulenge community living in Burundi and that of the diaspora commemorate on Tuesday the massacre of more than 160 Congolese that occurred on August 13, 2004 in Gatumba, about

Security

Vyanda: a man killed by his wife

An army retiree was killed on Wednesday’s night to Thursday morning on Gihinga hill, Vyanda commune in the southern Bururi province of Burundi). Administrative sources on this hill report that

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Gitega : a police officer in detention after killing cows

Majorique Irankunda, a police officer, was arrested on the morning of Monday, August 5. A police source indicates that he is held in the provincial police station cell. He is

Politic

DRC : Corneille Nangaa and his entourage sentenced to death

The Military Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo sitting in Gombe in the capital Kinshasa issued its verdict on Thursday, August 8. Congolese authorities also intend to refer the

Society

Rumonge : a legal conflict between tenants and owners of stalls at the central provincial market

While modern markets have fallen under the operation of the OBR (Burundi Revenue Authority), a legal conflict has broken out in the case of the central market of Rumonge (southwest

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Emilienne case: threats against the Gitega Court of Appeal judge who acquitted her

Since the judgment handed down against Emilienne Sibomana on June 28, Anatole Manirakiza, judge of the Gitega Court of Appeal, has been living a permanent nightmare. All-out requests for explanations,