Mahama (Rwanda): the Congolese community commemorated “the genocide” committed against the “Tutsis”

Human Rights

Mahama (Rwanda): the Congolese community commemorated “the genocide” committed against the “Tutsis”

Congolese refugees in Rwanda remembered this Thursday the killing of their “Tutsi” community which occured more than 20 years ago. They speak of “genocide” committed against the “Banyamulenge” and all

Security

Gitega : a police officer in detention after killing cows

Majorique Irankunda, a police officer, was arrested on the morning of Monday, August 5. A police source indicates that he is held in the provincial police station cell. He is

Security

Cibitoke : 3 people found dead in 3 days in Buganda

In just three days, three bodies were found in the Nyamitanga and Ndava villages of Buganda district in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi). Information gathered from security authorities speaks of a

Justice En

DRC : Corneille Nangaa and his entourage sentenced to death

The Military Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo sitting in Gombe in the capital Kinshasa issued its verdict on Thursday, August 8. Congolese authorities also intend to refer the

Society

Burundi : people infected by the monkeypox virus will be treated for free

This announcement was made on Wednesday by the Minister in charge of public health after validation of the national response plan which extends over a period of six months. In

Refugees

DRC (Mulongwe) : Congolese ban Burundian refugees to harvest their cropfields

Burundian refugees in the Mulongwe camp, in the Fizi territory, in the province of South Kivu, say they do not understand the behavior of the Congolese in this area for

Security

Cibitoke : sound of boots around Kibira

Residents near the Kibira natural reserve in Bukinanyana district of Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) say they are worried because of movements of Rwandan armed men who are often seen in

DRC En

Burundi : Burundian soldiers who refused to go to fight alongside the FARDC were concentrated in three jails after their conviction

The 274 soldiers, only two of whom were acquitted, were sent to the prisons of Ruyigi (east), Bururi and Rumonge (southwest). These detention centers respectively hosted 82, 61 and 131

Security

Nduta (Tanzania) : discovery of a body not yet identified

A corpse of a man aged about forty years was placed in the morgue of the district of Kibondo in the region of Kigoma (northwest Tanzania). He was found at

Politic

Giharo : a former CNDD-FDD activist converted to the UPRONA party threatened with death

Théoneste Juma, a former CNDD-FDD activist, close to the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, is under death threats. Administration authorities and local CNDD-FDD officials are said to be behind these threats