Cibitoke: two inmates died in the provincial police station’s cell

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Cibitoke: two inmates died in the provincial police station’s cell

In less than a week, two detainees died in the cell of the Cibitoke police station (north-west Burundi). The overpopulation inside the custody and lack of food are alleged to

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North Kivu: Congolese justice has opened an investigation into the case of the Goma demontrators massacres

Citizen movements and pressure groups in North Kivu, along with civil society activists, want to see perpetrators of Goma massacres on August 30 “answer for their barbaric acts” which claimed

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : the camp flooded with human excrement

The Nduta camp administration opposed the reconstruction of filled latrines, just as it refused to have them emptied. The consequences were not long in coming, since the latrines overflowed, flooding

Refugees

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : suspension of assistance for more than 200 Burundian refugees living with disabilities

Many Burundian refugees who live with disabilities have not received fuel assistance. More than 200 of them did not find their names on the assistance list. They cry out about

Security

DRC : the families of the victims of the Goma demonstration inconsolable

Families that lost their loved ones during the repressed demonstration in the city of Goma last Wednesday are demanding justice. Let the perpetrators answer for their barbaric acts, they demand.

Security

Bubanza : armed attack by rebels from the DRC in Buringa

Detonations of heavy and light weapons were heard Saturday evening in the Buringa zone, in Gihanga district, Bubanza province (western Burundi). The attackers reportedly came from Rukoko Park located along

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Fizi (DRC) : four people including 2 Chinese were killed by armed men

The four victims are made up of two Chinese, a soldier from the Congolese army and a civilian. They were shot dead by armed men in the village of Ngangula

Security

Cibitoke : Rwandan rebels killed in the intelligence service cell

Several Rwandan FLN rebels, incarcerated in the dungeon of the national intelligence service in Cibitoke (northwest Burundi), were killed. Sources within the police affirm that their bodies were immediately driven

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Gitega : seven magistrates in detention

Seven magistrates have been detained at the central prison of Gitega (political capital) since Thursday evening, witnesses confirmed to SOS Médias Burundi. They are accused of acts of corruption and

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Gitega : President Neva attacks magistrates again

The Burundian president on Friday accused the magistrates of “taking me for a scoundrel” and once again threatened to hand over the corrupt judges to the population so that they