Photo of the week : for lack of Brarudi products, consumers resort to local wines
Photo of the week : for lack of Brarudi products, consumers resort to local wines
As in other provinces, finding Brarudi products in Bubanza province (western Burundi) is very difficult. In their place, bars use local wines with high alcohol content and at an unregulated
Gitega : Imbonerakure act with impunity
Nearly a month ago, Imbonerakure (members of the youth league of the ruling CNDD-FDD party) seriously beat up Melchisédech Ndakoraniwe. The incident took place in Rukoba village in Gitega district
Burundi-Press: journalist Sandra Muhoza appeared in council chambers
Our colleague appeared this Monday morning before three judges at the Mukaza court in the commercial city Bujumbura. They will decide whether to release him provisionally or not. The decision
Cibitoke: Rwandan FLN rebels sow fear among the population near Kibira
For two weeks now, residents of the hills near Kibira, Gafumbegeti and Rutorero Butahana zone of Mabayi commune, Cibitoke province, have said they are in panic fear of the Rwandan
Burundi : The Iteka League denounces a probable cover-up of the perpetrators of nearly 1,500 targeted assassinations in three years
In its damning new report, the Iteka Human Rights League is more severe. It speaks of notorious impunity and a cover-up to hide the crimes from President Évariste Ndayishimiye’s rule.
Bujumbura : brief appearance of journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana
Local journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana briefly appeared at the First Instance Court in the commercial city Bujumbura on Thursday. He was given a new appointment for next July. For good
Mahama (Rwanda) : the assistance to refugees is becoming more and more problematic
The UNHCR has made changes to the fuel gas distribution system for refugees in the Mahama camp in Rwanda. This assistance has been cut in half. The refugees cry out
Ituri (DRC) : at least 16 people killed and others kidnapped in ADF attacks
Armed fighters identified as ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) carried out several attacks last weekend in the Walese Vonkutu chiefdom. It is in the Ituri province in the east of the
Photo of the week : over 100 CNL members seeking asylum in Tanzania
More than a hundred Burundians, members of the opposition CNL party, mainly from the Gitega, Ruyigi and Makamba provinces, fled the country at the end of last week. They fled
Bururi : the case of the Kajondi district high school teacher prosecuted for manslaughter under deliberation
SOS Médias Burundi only learned about it on Monday, even though the trial took place last Tuesday in a public hearing. The public prosecutor requested a sentence of 5 years