Bujumbura: heavy rain left one dead, several injured and several damages

Security

Bujumbura: heavy rain left one dead, several injured and several damages

This Wednesday afternoon, heavy rains mixed with violent winds hit different localities in the province of Bujumbura (western Burundi). A child died, several injured and material damages were recorded. INFO

Human Rights

Kayanza : two CNL activists suspected of disrupting election registration detained

The two members of the main opposition political party were arrested last Sunday in the town center of the district of Rango. It is in the province of Kayanza (northern

Refugees

Nduta-Nyarugusu: widows and single mothers face many difficulties

The Nduta and Nyarugusu refugee camps in Tanzania host at least 9,860 widows and single mothers including several of them who say they are facing multiple difficulties because they take

Criminalité

Ngozi: the provincial Court sentenced a police officer who killed three people to a life jail

Déo Ndayisenga was sentenced on Monday in a flagrante delicto trial. It is the First Instance Court of Ngozi (northern Burundi) that punished him. INFO SOS Médias Burundi This PNB

Society

Photo of the week : at least 16 people bitten by stray dogs in Kayanza

At least 16 people from the districts of Kayanza, Gatara and Muruta in Kayanza province (northern Burundi) have been bitten by stray dogs. The population speaks of panic “especially since

Politic

Vumbi: a local CNL official admitted to hospital after being beaten up by Imbonerakure

Leonard Habayimana is admitted to the Kirundo hospital (northern Burundi) after being beaten up by Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league) over accusations of preventing residents from registering for

DRC En

Uvira: several households continue to flee the Itombwe sector where fighting between the Burundian army and the Red-Tabara rebels is taking place

Thousands of people from the Itombwe sector in Mwenga territory in the South Kivu province in eastern Congo continue to flee violent fighting between the Burundian rebels of Red-Tabara and

Éducation

Burundi : alarming school conditions for refugees in Kavumu Camp

The Kavumu refugee camp located in the district and province of Cankuzo in eastern Burundi and home to more than 18,000 refugees, sees the education of children seriously compromised. Parents

Politic

Burundi-Elections: Register or lose all rights

Registration for elections is still a problem. Several residents were refused to access markets over the weekend in several provinces of Burundi as they were requested to show the receipt

Criminalité

Ngozi : a drunken police officer killed three people in a bar

Déo Ndayisenga, an agent of the PNB (Burundi National Police) killed three people in a bar located in the town center of the province of Ngozi (northern Burundi). The crime