DRC : more than 1,800 children were recruited into armed groups in 2023 (UN)
DRC : more than 1,800 children were recruited into armed groups in 2023 (UN)
At least 1,861 children, 1,535 boys and 326 girls were recruited and used by different local and foreign armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between January and
Rumonge : a young boy held in hospital for inability to pay his bill
Jean Marie Nibigira (15 years old) has been held at Rumonge hospital (southwest Burundi) since April 2024. The hospital demands that he pay a bill for the care he received
Bujumbura : fuel crisis, state vehicles join public transport
Burundi is experiencing an unprecedented fuel crisis. Consequences are enormous on citizens in general and more particularly inhabitants of the commercial capital, Bujumbura. In the parking lots, an unusual situation
Bunyoni case : his former subjects suspect everything
On Friday June 14, 2024, an incident took place at the central prison of Gitega (political capital) where the former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and boss of the
Journalist Sandra Muhoza’s detention – Press release from the coalition of journalists of SOS Médias Burundi
We strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of our colleague, Sandra Muhoza, jailed since April 18 in Bujumbura. This deliberate repression against independent media is an affront to freedom of expression
Bujumbura: strong drinks taken by minors
Parents in the Gihosha zone, north of the commercial city Bujumbura, have launched an alert. Their children, including minors, take very alcoholic drinks. INFO SOS Médias Burundi A parent raises
International Refugee Day: between hope and resignation among Burundian refugees
Every June 20, the world celebrates Refugee Day, an opportunity to think of them and defend, protect and promote their rights, according to the UNHCR. For more than 300,000 Burundians
Burundi : Burundians are ungrateful (President Ndayishimiye)
Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye said Wednesday that Burundians are ungrateful, refusing to take responsibility for the fuel shortage which he describes as “a common challenge.” In a message to the
Bubanza : five men including three Imbonerakure in detention after the death of a man
Ndiwenumuryango, in his thirties, was found dead in an oil palm field last Sunday in Kizina, in the Mitakataka zone. It is in the district and province of Bubanza (western
Burundi-Fuel crisis : the government has abdicated in the face of the fuel crisis (senate president)
The president of the Senate on Monday asked the ministers in charge of transport and internal affairs to “reauthorize the circulation of motorcycles in downtown Bujumbura (commercial city) to allow