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Bururi : an administration officer prosecuted for complicity in illegal fuel trafficking

Gilbert Niyonkuru was arrested on Monday afternoon by the judicial police in Bururi. He is suspected of complicity in illicit fuel trafficking in Rushemeza village, Muzenga zone, in the Bururi

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Bujumbura: Isanganiro and Bonesha Fm broadcasters forbidden to cover the trial of journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana

The two local independent radio stations’ reporters were informed that they had not made any prior request. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The trial took place at the Mukaza high court

Médias

Gitega: the journalist Gérard Nibigira’s case becomes knoty

The case of the radio Isanganiro correspond in the province of Gitega (central Burundi) has been entrusted to the prosecution. Yet, the journalist was not questioned by an OPJ even

Security

Rumonge : four Imbonerakure appeared in a case of machete attack which left one dead

Janvier Ndereyimana, 24 years old, Adolphe Kwizerimana, 20 years old, Fulgence Iradukunda, 27 years old and Samuel Nzoyihaya, a 17-year-old minor, all members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the Imbonerakure,

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North Kivu : 25 Congolese soldiers sentenced to the death penalty

The North Kivu garrison Military Court has delivered its verdict in a case involving 27 elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and 4 civilians.

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Gitega : Emilienne Sibomana acquitted by the Court of Appeal

The ruling on the Emilenne Sibomana case fell last Friday. The information is confirmed by lawyer Michella Niyonizigiye, her lawyer. This specifies that the judgment was pronounced and notified to

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Gitega: lack of flour worries inmates at central prison

Since last Monday, the 1,728 inmates incarcerated at the central prison of Gitega (Burundi’s political capital) no longer receive their ratio of corn and cassava flour. INFO SOS Médias Burundi

Economy

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

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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