Burundi : authorities ban associations and parents from commemorating the Kibimba massacres and ask them to go and lay wreaths on the tomb of the unknown victims

Human Rights

Burundi : authorities ban associations and parents from commemorating the Kibimba massacres and ask them to go and lay wreaths on the tomb of the unknown victims

For the fifth consecutive year, Burundian authorities are preventing AC-Génocide Cirimoso and parents from commemorating the Kibimba massacres. Burundian authorities explain that October 21 is a date reserved for the

Diplomacy

Bujumbura: Somali President touring troop-contributing countries a few months before the establishment of AUSSOM

The African Union (AU) Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) should be effective in early January 2025. The AU mission (ATMIS) will have completed its withdrawal. This Sunday, Somali

Éducation

Photo of the week : over 150 schoolchildren in a classroom

Schoolchildren are sitting on the bare ground for lack of benches, desks and classrooms across the district town center of Rugombo, Mugina and Buganda, Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi). Parents request

Refugees

Mozambique : eight Burundians threatened with being sent to prison

Eight Burundian nationals have been detained in a Mozambican police cell in the province of Nampula, located northeast of the capital Maputo, for more than 5 months. They were arrested

Security

Cibitoke : a police officer shot a resident at point-blank range, seriously injuring him

Gédéon Nzitonda, a public transport bus driver, was seriously injured on Friday around 9 p.m. when a police officer intentionally shot him. The incident occurred in the town center of

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : worrying refugee census

The General Directorate of Immigration and Emigration organized a re-verification census of refugees at the Mahama camp in Rwanda. The objective is to update the data according to the Rwandan

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : a Burundian woman refugee and a newborn baby die following medical negligence

The tragedy took place at the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda. Burundian refugees speak of medical negligence that led to the death of a mother and her newborn baby. INFO

Médias

Rumonge : towards the closure of Izere Fm radio?

For almost a week, Izere Fm, a community radio station broadcasting from the town center of Rumonge province (southwest Burundi), has not broadcast its programs. According to local residents, there

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi) : Armed robbery

Several gunshots rang out in Dzaleka camp on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. Gunmen robbed shops. INFO SOS Médias Burundi According to several witnesses, gunmen “in uniform resembling that

Governance

Muyinga : a man killed by a policewoman

The crime occurred on Wednesday at nightfall, in the locality of Gatongati. It is in the Rugari zone, in the district and province of Muyinga (northeast Burundi). Residents attacked the