Bujumbura : the head office of the Iwacu press group targeted by stone throwing

Criminalité

Bujumbura : the head office of the Iwacu press group targeted by stone throwing

Unidentified people threw stones into the plot hosting the office of the Iwacu press group located in the commercial city Bujumbura on Monday night. Those responsible for this independent medium

Security

Rumonge : a body floating on Lake Tanganyika discovered

The body of Emmanuel Nduwimana (46 years old) was found very close to the commercial port of Rumonge on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. His corpse was floating on the waters

Justice En

Rutana: heavy sentences for soldiers who refused to fight alongside the FARDC

Sentences ranging from 22 to 30 years in prison and fines of 500 US dollars were handed down against 272 soldiers who refused to fight against the M23 alongside the

Society

Cibitoke: 20 fuel traffickers drowned in Rusizi in two months

At least five people died, drowned in the Rusizi River (separating Burundi and the DRC) and several quantities of gasoline leaked in one week, bringing to 20 the number of

Economy

Bujumbura: Burundian authorities are unable to provide fuel to motorists but seize buses

Burundi’s traffic police say they have seized at least 70 public transport buses out of 200 targeted by sanctions against motorists who resell fuel instead of transporting passengers. No bus

Society

Christ Roi High School in Mushasha: students protested against the new deliberation criteria

Finalist students from Lycée Christ Roi de Mushasha in Gitega, the Burundi’s political capital, went on a strike on June 20, 2024. They are protesting against the new deliberation criteria

Criminalité

Bujumbura: a man’s whereabouts unkwonon

Jean Marie Bizimungu (30 years ) was kidnapped on June 7 in the commercial city Bujumbura. He can’t be found anywhere. His place of detention has never been notified to

Human Rights

Photo of the week : hundreds of Burundians detained on the Tanzanian soil

Burundians looking for work in neighboring Tanzania suffer various abuses. They are either unpaid, ransomed back home or imprisoned. In the Kasulu and Nyamisivya dungeons in the Kigoma region (northwest

Society

Makamba : activities paralyzed following untimely power cuts

Makamba province (southern Burundi), like most other provinces in the country, has been experiencing an untimely power cut for some time. The shortfall is enormous, according to managers of both

Criminalité

Gitega : a police officer found dead

The body of first police sergeant Major Lionel Bizoza, 34 years old, was found in the morning of Sunday, June 23, in the Karonga stream located in Rukoba village in