Bubanza : CNDD-FDD favoritism in the distribution of fertilizers

Society

Bubanza : CNDD-FDD favoritism in the distribution of fertilizers

Farmers in the district of Bubanza (western Burundi) are sounding the alarm over a critical situation : the shortage of FOMI (organo-mineral fertilizers) chemical fertilizers of the urea type. According

Society

Buganda : a fuel seller commits suicide after the seizure of his quantities by the police

André Ndayambaje, 35 years old, died on Thursday. This man from the locality of Nyamitanga in the district of Buganda in the province of Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) committed suicide after

Refugees

Burundi : reduced medical surveillance, massive resettlement of Congolese refugees mixed with concerns with the election of Trump

Since last August, the IOM (International Organization for Migration)-Burundi office, has put in place temporary 21-day medical surveillance measures for refugees en route to the United States, in response to

Society

Bujumbura : several bars and hotels closed

The administrator of the urban district of Ntahangwa in the north of the commercial city of Bujumbura has permanently closed 33 bars and hotels. They are accused of speculating on

Criminalité

Gitega : the province is increasingly becoming a cemetery

An eighth body was found on Thursday in the province of Gitega (central Burundi) in just one month. It was discovered in the provincial town center, at the same time

Refugees

Nyarugusu : a refugee sentenced to 20 years for rape

A refugee from the Nyarugusu refugee camp located in northwestern Tanzania was recently sentenced to 20 years of criminal imprisonment, announced on December 17, Philemon Makungu, the police commander in

Criminalité

Makamba : two activists from a party close to the CNDD-FDD sentenced to two years in jail

Antoine Mbaririmbanyi and Fabien Nijimbere were tried on Tuesday in a flagrante delicto trial. The two activists from the CDP party (Council of Patriots) were sentenced by the Makamba court

DRC En

Lubero (DRC) : the strategic city of Alimbongo falls into the hands of the M23

The M23 rebel movement took control of the city of Alimbongo, strategically located in the territory of Lubero, in the province of North Kivu (eastern DRC), on Tuesday. The city

Justice En

Mabayi : three men profiting greatly from the presence of Rwandan rebels arrested

Three men from the district of Mabayi in the province of Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) were arrested last Saturday. They are suspected of profiting greatly from the presence of Rwandan rebels

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya) : a hundred Burundian refugees return home

These Burundians returned on Monday from the Kakuma camp located in northwestern Kenya. They were repatriated aboard a UNHCR jet. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Those concerned are divided into 35