South Kivu : more than 4,000 illegal roadblocks installed by militias and security services
South Kivu : more than 4,000 illegal roadblocks installed by militias and security services
More than 4,000 roadblocks have been listed in the South Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were installed by local militias maintained by Congolese
Bubanza : farmers complain about the lack of corn seeds
The provincial office of agriculture and livestock in Bubanza province (western Burundi) received corn seeds imported from Zambia. Less than 30 tons of seeds were received, an insignificant quantity compared
Gitega : two political prisoners deprived of health care
These are police Major General Herménégilde Nimenya and Colonel Michel Kazungu. The two men, who are serving life jails in the case of the failed coup of May 2015, are
Africa’s Great Lakes : time to fight two pandemics
Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are battling Mpox while Rwanda is doing everything it can to contain the spread of the deadly Marburg virus, while avoiding Mpox.
Cibitoke : a person dies in the dungeon of the Intelligence Service
A man died in a dungeon of the National Intelligence Service in Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) on the night of October 6 to 7. He was suspected of being part of
Diplomacy : former Burundian President Domitien Ndayizeye appointed Special Envoy of Rwandan Louise Mushikiwabo in Haiti
The Secretary General of La Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, has appointed Domitien Ndayizeye as Special Envoy to monitor the situation in Haiti. The organization announced this in a press release
Burundi: WFP expands its assistance to Congolese refugees through the Merankabandi project
In order to improve the living conditions of refugees, the World Food Programme (WFP) has launched awareness-raising sessions in the Congolese refugee camps of Kavumu, Musasa and Kinama. These camps
Bujumbura: A prisoner deprived of care on the brink of death
Léonidas Nyandwi (67 years old) is in agony. He was unable to obtain 4 million Burundian francs demanded by the hospital to treat him. This inmate detained in the central
Photo of the week : Lack of aid for more than 2,000 Burundians newly admitted to the Mulongwe camp
More than 2,000 Burundian refugees have been transferred from the Kavimvira transit camp to the Mulongwe camp in the Fizi territory in the South Kivu province (eastern Democratic Republic of
Burundi: torrential rains continue to destroy homes and fields of crops
At least 13 families have lost their homes in the commune and province of Kayanza (northern Burundi). Those families are from the Batwa, a minority and very poor community. They