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Photo of the wee-Buhumuza : Kigarika, the new laboratory for the militarization of the Imbonerakure

President Évariste Ndayishimiye attended the ceremony on Thursday in Kigarika, Ruyigi district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, where the first class of members of the Reserve and Development Support Force (FRAD)

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Photo of the week-DRC : Kinshasa closes universities in Goma and Bukavu, Mukwege warns of “slow epistemicide”

The Congolese government has suspended, until further notice, academic and para-academic activities in several public higher education institutions in Goma, North Kivu, and Bukavu, South Kivu. The decision comes amid

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Photo of the week-Bujumbura : fire devours two shopping malls and reduces years of work to ashes

A violent fire ravaged two shopping malls in downtown Bujumbura, the country’s commercial capital and main commercial hub, where numerous economic and financial activities are concentrated, on Friday morning. The

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Photo of the week-Bubanza : Regideso’s open manholes become “gravelands” for passersby

Several manholes belonging to the Water and Electricity Production and Distribution Authority (Regideso), located on public roads in the center of Bubanza, are now missing their covers after being stolen.

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Photo of the week : children targeted by traffickers during summer holidays

While pupils are enjoying their summer holidays, the National Observatory for Combating Transnational Crime (ONLCT) is warning of a surge in child trafficking in Burundi. The organization is calling on

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Photo of the week : a Musasa refugee representative behind bars after allegations of abuse, relatives denounce harassment

Matabaro Ntawigira, a representative of the Barundi community from the Rusizi Plain among Congolese refugees in Burundi, has been detained since July 17, 2026, in the central prison of Ngozi,

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Photo of the week-Nakivale : the thirst grips the camp, refugees travel miles in search of water

In the Nakivale refugee camp, located in southwestern Uganda, access to drinking water has become a critical challenge. For more than three months, the public taps, springs, and fountains installed

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Photo of the week : thirsty Muyinga, the water shortage raises fears of a health catastrophe

Dry taps, prohibitively expensive jerrycans of water, forced reliance on unreliable sources, and increasingly alarming hygiene conditions in schools : in Muyinga, in Buhumuza Province, northeastern Burundi, the shortage of

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Photo of the week-Buhumuza : fines, prison threats, and mandatory construction : new measures sowing fear

In Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, the mandatory paving of private land providing access to national roads, the campaign to eliminate thatched houses, and new conditions imposed on couples getting married

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Photo of the week : the decision to close Gitega International School sends shockwaves through 736 pupils and their families

The decision by the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research, François Havyarimana, to close the Gitega International School, located in the political capital of the small East African nation,