Nakivale (Uganda): more than 2,000 Burundian asylum seekers rejected

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda): more than 2,000 Burundian asylum seekers rejected

They had fled since 2018 and see their host country reject their asylum applications. These Burundians must appeal. They suspect a hand of the Burundian government behind this refusal. INFO

DRC En

War in Eastern Congo: Human Rights Watch accuses Rwanda and M23 of bombing civilian areas

On September 26, Human Rights Watch released a damning report on the security situation in eastern DRC. The international human rights organization accuses the Rwandan army and M23 of bombing

Justice En

Kayanza: a man detained for destroying a banana field belonging to his mother

Nazaire Miburo, about thirty, has been incarcerated in the Kayanza judicial police cell (northern Burundi) since Thursday morning. He is accused of cutting down banana trees on his mother’s property.

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : drastic preventive measures against the Marburg pandemic

Several international organizations operating in the Mahama refugee camp have suspended their activities following the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Rwanda. Refugees are urged to observe preventive measures

Justice En

Muyinga : intelligence has kidnapped a former refugee who returned from Rwanda

Karangwa, in his forties, has been missing since September 20. He was kidnapped from his home in the locality of Kijumbura in the district of Giteranyi in the province of

Security

Goma : several dead in a shipwreck

At least 28 people died in a shipwreck near Goma on Thursday in the province of North Kivu in eastern Congo, SOS Médias Burundi has learned. Local sources speak of

Médias

North Kivu : Journalists in danger in the city of Goma

Two alleged perpetrators of the murder of Edmond Bahati, coordinator of the Maria-Goma radio station, capital of the North Kivu province were presented to the press by the military intelligence

Governance

Cibitoke : for having legalized the marriage of a man dressed as a karateka, an administration official was arrested

The councilor in charge of administration and social affairs of the Rugombo district, in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) is imprisoned in the cell of the provincial police station for having

Security

Musasa – Kinama : refugees elect their representatives in a context of crisis

In the Musasa and Kinama refugee camps, respectively in the Ngozi and Muyinga provinces (north and northeast Burundi), refugees, mostly Congolese, elected their representatives on September 26, 2024. These elections

Security

Kirundo : the Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD visited the Imbonerakure of districts bordering Rwanda to call on them to be more vigilant

Révérien Ndikuriyo paid a visit on Monday, September 30, to the districts of Bugabira and Busoni, bordering neighboring Rwanda. He called on them to be more vigilant. Officials of the