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Rumonge : four traders arrested for speculation

Ezechiel Mpawenimana, Mediatrice Irankunda, Bella Irakoze and Antoine Ntunzwenimana, all bar owners in the town center of the Magara zone, in Bugarama district in the Rumonge province (southwest Burundi), were

Governance

Gitega: the second level of the Supreme Court upheld the life prison sentence against former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni

The President of the Supreme Court Emmanuel Gateretse notified him of the decision this Thursday at the Gitega central prison where Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is detained since July 2023. INFO

Security

Rutana: heavy sentences for soldiers who refused to fight alongside the FARDC

Sentences ranging from 22 to 30 years in prison and fines of 500 US dollars were handed down against 272 soldiers who refused to fight against the M23 alongside the

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Gitega: five years in prison still required for Emilienne Sibomana

In a trial before the Court of Appeal which took place this Thursday at the central prison of Gitega, the public prosecutor accused Emilienne Sibomana, secretary at the Christ Roi

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New development in the Bunyoni affair: Bunyoni and his co-defendants demand to be cleared

This Tuesday, May 28, the plea in the second degree on appeal before the Supreme Court in the Bunyoni case closed. The former prime minister and his co-defendants asked the

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Twist in the Bunyoni case : the list of accusations extends to the second level

General Alain Guillaume appeared on appeal before the Supreme Court on Monday. The hearing took place at the central prison of Gitega (political capital). The public prosecutor raised a new

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Kirundo : two traders convicted of harming the national economy

Two years of penal servitude and a fine of one million Burundi francs each is the sentence that the First Instance Court of Kirundo (northern Burundi) imposed on two traders

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Makamba: two COOPEC agents in detention

Firmin Nzeyimana and Oscar Niyukuri are detained in the cell of the Makamba district police station (southern Burundi). According to sources close to their families, they have not yet been

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Giharo: six people accused of desecrating the grave of an albino arrested

Six people are detained since Thursday, May 23 at the municipal police station in Giharo for desecration of the grave of an albino child. The incident took place on Mura

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Bubanza : an Imbonerakure sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder

A member of the youth league of the CNDD-FDD party, an employee of the Bubanza hospital (western Burundi), was tried for the murder of a young woman and was sentenced