Burundi: lawyer Tony Germain Nkina acquitted

Human Rights

Burundi: lawyer Tony Germain Nkina acquitted

Burundian lawyer and activist Tony Germain Nkina was acquitted on Tuesday morning. The Ngozi Court of Appeal (Northern Burundi) which cleared him also discharged his co-accused Apollinaire Hitimana. Human Rights

Security

Cibitoke: two Imbonerakure accused of theft beaten up in Rugombo

Two Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD party youth league) were caught stealing. Exasperated, residents rushed on them and seriously beat them up. Field owners demand that these thieves be punished

Security

Ntega: a young man who assaulted his wife was killed by a policeman

This young man, in his twenties, was killed by a police officer at nightfall on Monday. The information is confirmed by the local administration, which explains that the victim was

Governance

Bujumbura: the noose is tightening around former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni

This Tuesday afternoon, soldiers and police officers guarding the residence of former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni were sent back to their respective barracks. This, after a search that took

Politic

Burundi-Rwanda: Gitega wants to calm Burundian refugees in Kigali

This Monday, Burundi sent a delegation to Rwanda for a campaign of sensitization on the voluntary return of Burundian refugees. They were five including three governors of provinces including two

Politic

Nyanza-Lac: a former village chief beaten up by an Imbonerakure

Patrice Ntiganzwa, former chief of Muyange vill in Nyanza-Lac district, Makamba province (southern Burundi) was seriously beaten up by an Imbonerakure (CNDD-FDD party youth league member) on Sunday night. The

Security

Irumu: about fifteen people manage to escape from the hands of ADF fighters

It was in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri in the east of the DRC that the concerned persons were able to escape from posts of the

Human Rights

Uganda: mahakama ya ICC inathibitisha kifungo cha miaka 25 dhidi ya raia wa Uganda Dominic Ongwen

Mahakama ya kimataifa ya uhalifu wa kivita ya ICC alhamisi hii iliidhinisha adhadu ya kifungo cha miaka 25 jela kwa kosa la uhalifu wa kivita na dhidi ya binadamu wa

Governance

Nyanza-Lac: mpasuko kati ya wajumbe wa kamati ya kushughulikia migogoro kwenye baraza la tarafa

Inaripotiwa hali ya kutoelewana kati ya wajumbe wa kamati ya mkoa yenye jukumu la kusuhulisha migogoro kati ya wajumbe wa baraza la tarafa la Nyanza-Lac na ofisi ya baraza hilo.

Security

Gitega: two unsolved murders in the districts of Gishubi and Mutaho

Two corpses were found in the districts of Gishubi and Mutaho, in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). It is the corpse of an ex-Fab (a retired soldier from the