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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kayanza : life jail for three men convicted in a case of a young man killed by two Imbonerakure
Victor Niyonkuru, Lazare Niyongabo and Cyprien Bizimana were sentenced by the Kayanza Court in northern Burundi. He found them guilty of the murder of Philippe Nsabimana. The latter was assassinated
Burundi-Press : Burundian justice has kept in detention journalist Sandra Muhoza
Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza remains in prison. The Burundian judiciary system did not grant her provisional release as she and her lawyers had requested after her appearance in court last
Bururi : two soldiers prosecuted for assassination appear before court
1st class Alexandre Bigirimana and 1st class Aristide Akimana, two soldiers serving in the Burundian army, appeared on Tuesday before the military prosecutor’s office in Bururi (southern Burundi). They are