Cibitoke: 23 gold miners arrested

Security

Cibitoke: 23 gold miners arrested

23 gold miners from the communes of Mabayi and Bukinanyana in the Cibitoke province (northwestern Burundi) are detained in the local office of SNR (National Intelligence Service). The provincial governor

Economy

Gitega: the FRODEBU party denounces the untenable cost of living for the population

As Burundi prepares for the 2025 elections, the Sahwanya FRODEBU party denounces the high cost of living across the country. It was declared on Saturday August 17 in Gitega, the

Economy

South: dizzying rise in the price of transport tickets

The rise in the price of transport tickets is an unprecedented due to the fuel shortage.For example, the transport ticket for Bururi- Rumonge ride is currently 20,000 Burundian francs while

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : Floriane Irangabiye speaks of a happy event and relief after her release from prison

I am very happy because I have just been reunited with my family, declared journalist Floriane Irangabiye after her release from prison on Friday afternoon. The CNIDH (National Independent Human

Health

DRC : over 15 thousand cases of monkeypox

In a report published on Friday, August 16, by the Ministry of Health, 15,664 cases of monkeypox contamination have been recorded since the beginning of this epidemic throughout the national

Society

Musasa: lack of water in the Congolese refugee camp

The Musasa refugee camp is passing through hard time. Its water pump is not working for lack of fuel, triggering dispair and a feeling of threat among the site’s occupants

Justice En

Bururi: Binyoro zone chief detained

Spès Nemerimana, the head of the Binyuro zone in Vyanda commune, Bururi province (southern Burundi) is detained in the police cell in the provincial capital since August 16, 2024. She

Politic

Cibitoke : paramilitary training for Imbonerakure before their deployment in the DRC

For three weeks, members of the youth league of the CNDD-FDD party have been receiving paramilitary training in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi). Local sources say that beneficiaries of the training

Security

Goma: nearly 80 people killed in less than a month

According to the local civil society, at least 80 people have been killed in the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu in the east of the

Médias

Bubanza : Floriane Irangabiye speaks of a happy event and relief after her release from prison

I am very happy because I have just been reunited with my family, declared journalist Floriane Irangabiye after her release from prison on Friday afternoon. The CNIDH (National Independent Human