Makamba-Rutana: the ruling party launches a forced fundraising campaign

Human Rights

Makamba-Rutana: the ruling party launches a forced fundraising campaign

Residents of Rutana and Makamba provinces (southeast of Burundi) are called upon to respond to the CNDD-FDD party’s fundraising campaign for the elections due in 2025. Members of the ruling

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi): an exponential rise in food prices worries

In the Malawi’s Dzaleka camp, food supplies prices have gone up, doubled or even tripled with refugees sounding an alarm. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Refugees do not know why prices

Politic

Gitega: the creation of the independent municipal electoral commission controversial

In the commune of Gitega, the Burundi’s political capital Gitega, members of the Independent Communal Electoral Commission (CECI) were previsionaly revealed on Friday August 23. They are seven including five

Health

DRC: the government committed to the fight against the Monkeypox virus which has already caused the death of 548 people

Prime Minister Judith Suminwa spoke with Samuel Roger Kamba Mulamba, the Minister of Health and Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC*, the health agency of the African Union, on

Society

Kayanza: the nature forest of Kibira threatened by indigenous people having no arable land

Residents of Matongo and Muruta communes in Kayanza province (northern Burundi) threaten the natural forest of Kibira, the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OPDE) deplores. Information confirmed by local authorities

Refugees

Burundi : Suspension of trips to the United States and Canada for Congolese refugees in Burundi following the mpox epidemic

Hope has turned into uncertainty for hundreds of Congolese refugees who were on the lists of IOM (International Organization for Migration) awaiting relocation to Canada and the United States. Since

Society

DRC – Rwanda : Congolese and Rwandan students testify to the complementarity in education between both countries despite their disagreement

Tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda arose in 2022 when strong disagreements broke out between these two states in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Nevertheless, these

Médias

Burundi : the CNC calls on authorities to better collaborate with journalists for better development of the country

The National Communication Council (CNC) promises to dialogue with the country’s authorities to encourage them to talk to journalists. The president of the CNC indicated that based on lamentations of

Human Rights

Buyengero : access to the market conditioned by the contribution for the 2025 legislative elections

Inhabitants of the Mudende zone in the district of Buyengero in the province of Rumonge (southwest Burundi) denounce contributions collected by local administration officials and representatives of the CNDD-FDD. Access

Refugees

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : Massive repatriation of refugees resumes

More than 250 households were repatriated on Thursday, a first in over a year. Some refugees say that “we have no other choice”, blaming the untenable conditions in the Nyarugusu