Giharo: embezzlement of district funds

Governance

Giharo: embezzlement of district funds

Members of the district council ask for clarification on the case of embezzlement of more than 20 million Burundi francs. The diversion was detected by a delegation from the ministry

Politic

Nyanza-Lac: a meeting of the communal council boycotted

Most of the municipal council members refused to show up in a meeting convened by the office of the dismissed council. This isolated meeting had been convened by the vice-president

Refugees

Uganda-Kenya: Nakivale camp left to fill Kakuma

For some time, several refugees from the Nakivale camp in Uganda have been traveling to Kakuma in Kenya to seek asylum following poor living conditions. More than a thousand refugees

Governance

Nyanza-Lac: the former communal administrator and the communal secretary of the CNDD-FDD released

Jean Claude Nduwimana and Thadée Ndayishimiye, former administrator of Nyanza-Lac and secretary of the CNDD-FDD in the commune of Nyanza-Lac (province of Makamba, southern Burundi) were released on Wednesday. It

Security

War in the DRC: the M23 gives up part of its positions

This Friday, the M23 officially announced that its fighters are withdrawing from the Kibumba positions. It is about twenty kilometers from the city of Goma, capital of the province of

Security

Vita nchini DRC: M23 yaacha sehemu ya ngome zake

Ijumaa hii, kundi la M23 limefahamisha rasmi kuwa wapiganaji wake wamejiondoa kwenye ngome zao za Kibumba. Ni kwenye umbali wa takriban kilometa 20 kutoka mjini Goma, makao makuu ya mkoa

Security

Bubanza: an armed band of thieves sows panic

Bandits armed with bladed weapons are roaming the neighborhoods of the capital of the province of Bubanza (Western Burundi) and commit robbery. One of them was killed, seven others were

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya): refugees denounce the slowness in granting administration documents

Refugees believe that the slowness in granting certain documents has serious economic and psychosocial consequences. They claim they can go a month or more without finding a document that should

Human Rights

Burundi: the Ngozi prosecution opposes the release of lawyer Nkina

The prosecutor at the Ngozi Court of Appeal (northern Burundi) opposed the release of lawyer Tony Germain Nkina on Wednesday. The latter had been acquitted by the Ngozi Court of

Economy

Bujumbura: the fuel crisis far from being resolved

For weeks, it has been difficult, if not impossible, to find fuel gasoline in the commercial city of Bujumbura. Customers claim to spend nights and days at petrol stations waiting