Burundi: internal civil society wants to block the path of the UN special rapporteur

Human Rights

Burundi: internal civil society wants to block the path of the UN special rapporteur

Around forty Burundian civil society organizations are protesting against a probable renewal of the term of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burundi. For these internal actors, Fortuné

Governance

Gitobe: an advisor to the communal education department locked up in Ngozi prison

Joël Mukezangango, former advisor in charge of human resources at the communal education directorate in the Gitobe commune in Kirundo province (northern Burundi) was transferred on Monday September 25 to

Justice En

Bururi: a lower court’s judge in prison for forgery and use of forgery

Alembert Nkunzimana, judge of the Mugamba residence court, in Bururi province (southern Burundi), is detained in Bururi prison. Judicial sources report that he was arrested last Friday at the instigation

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi): three Burundian refugees arrested

Jérémie Ngendakumana, Faustin Niyukuri and Thadée Maombi were arrested a week ago. A police officer who arrested them had no summons and have not yet revealed their detention place. Their

Human Rights

Burundi : towards a further demotion of the CNIDH?

The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi no longer wants to hear from the CNIDH, the national human rights body. For the UN diplomat, the CNIDH

Security

Kayanza : a new call to “kill” launched by Révérien Ndikuriyo

The secretary general of the CNDD-FDD party, Révérien Ndikuriyo, urges members of this party to eliminate those he calls “wolves” to leave the “sheep”. Residents of Kabarore district, Kayanza province

Security

DRC : the standoff between President Tshisekedi and the M23 is not ready to end

On Wednesday September 20, 2023, the Congolese president declared to the press in New York that he does not intend to dialogue with the M23 rebels. The latter seems to

Health

Burundi: an attractive salary policy is needed to slow down the departure of doctors abroad (unions)

Low salaries and equipment lack are the main causes of the flight of Burundian doctors to other countries, stated the Health Personnel National Union (SYNAPS) chairman in a press briefing

Justice En

Goma: burial on government orders of more than forty bodies despite opposition from families and civil society

At least 40 bodies were buried on Monday September 18, 2023 on the orders of the governor of the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of

Society

Kayanza: four mineworkers dead in a landslide in Kivuvu

The incident occurred in the afternoon of Monday, September 18. A strip of earth slipped and blocked a hole where four miners were searching coltan. It is on Kivuvu hill