Burundi: US fears imminent attacks

Security

Burundi: US fears imminent attacks

The US Embassy in Burundi has alerted its staff and American citizens to be more vigilant, fearing potential attacks in some areas of the country. The former central market of

Human Rights

Goma: a journalist detained by intelligence

Jimmy Shukrani Bakomera, correspondent for the VOA (Voice of America) Kirundi-Kinyarwanda is detained by Congolese intelligence since Thursday. INFO SOS Médias Burundi Our colleague was arrested this Thursday midday at

Economy

Gitega: no station has petrol

Since last Sunday, no station in the town of Gitega (political capital) has had petrol. Clients bought gasoline on the black market at up to three times the official price

Politic

DRC: South Kivu teams up with the North to oppose the regional force

Rallies were held, on Tuesday, in several cities and entities of South Kivu, Eastern DRC to call for “a halt to all activity” to “ask for the departure of the

Human Rights

Nduta (Tanzania): two Burundian refugees beaten to death by Tanzanians

Two Burundians were murdered on Tuesday, Tanzanian police said, over suspicion of rape on Tanzanian women who were looking for firewood near the Nduta refugee camp. INFO SOS Médias Burundi

Politic

Rwanda-DRC: the Rwandan army announces that it has repelled an aggression by Congolese soldiers

The incident took place this Wednesday around 4:30 a.m, a press release from the Rwandan army says. It took place between the district of Rusizi in the western province of

Justice En

Burundi : watetezi wanne wa haki za binadamu wanashikiliwa na idara ya ujasusi ndani ya jiji kuu la kibiashara Bujumbura

Maafisa wa SNR (idara ya kitaifa ya ujasusi) wamewakamatwa wakiwa kwenye uwanja wa ndege wa Bujumbura jumanne hii wakijiandaa kuwasili mjini Kampala ( mji mkuu wa Uganda) kushiriki kwenye mkutano.

Justice En

Burundi : four human rights defenders detained by intelligence in the commercial city of Bujumbura

SNR (National Intelligence Service) agents arrested them at Bujumbura Airport on Tuesday morning as they were about to go to Kampala (Ugandan capital) to participate in a meeting. A provisional

Governance

Burundi: the fuel crisis far from over

After months on a fuel drip, the situation is becoming almost chaotic in Burundi, very hard to see a service station serving gasoline. All the provinces of the small East

Refugees

Tanzania: authorities raise refugees’ awareness on the respect of the laws they constantly violate

Two weeks devoted to the sensitization on the national legislation and provisions governing refugees, in the Nduta and Nyarugusu camps. Refugees find that they are protected by good legislation, which