Refugees

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : a Burundian refugee dies after being beaten up by Congolese

Emmanuel Ruremesha died on Tuesday February 28. He succumbed to beatings inflicted on him during a fight with Congolese during the night from Monday to Tuesday. The police have already

Security

Mahama (Rwanda) : mkimbizi wa Burundi afariki dunia baada ya kupigwa na wakimbizi kutoka Kongo

Emmanuel Ruremesha aliuwawa jumanne hii tarehe 28 februari. Alifariki kutokana na vipigo alivyofanyiwa wakati wa ugomvi na raia wa Kongo usiku wa kuamkia jumanne hii. Polisi tayari ilikamata watu kadhaa

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : Bidhaa za vyakula zimepanda bei kwa kiwango kikubwa

Kwa kipindi cha angalau miezi mitano, takriban bidhaa zote mahitajio muhimu zilipanda bei mara dufu na hata mara tatu. Wakimbizi wanadai kuwa pesa wanazopewa hazitoshi kukidhi mahitaji yao hata kwa

Economy

Mahama (Rwanda): exponential rise in food prices

In less than five months, almost all food products have doubled or even tripled in price. Refugees point out that the cash distributions they receive may not even be enough

Human Rights

Cibitoke: when land spoliaton pushes owners into exile

In a period of three months, more than 300 people fled the communes of Rugombo and Buganda in the province of Cibitoke (north-west of Burundi). They decided to go into

Human Rights

Kakuma (Kenya): two Burundian refugees killed

Two Burundian refugees have been killed and several others injured, in a week, at Kakuma camp in northwestern Kenya. Nearly all the victims were ambushed allegedly by the South Sudanese

Politic

Masisi: the localities fall one by one into the hands of the M23

The Mushaki zone fell into the hands of the M23 on Friday, residents and a spokesman for the loyalist army say. They also suggested the area was conquered after violent

Justice En

Meheba (Zambia) : the camp custody overwhelmed

Refugees detained in the Meheba camp in Zambia denounce poor detention conditions. The room that serves as a custody has no roof and is too narrow. It is overcrowded. INFO

Justice En

Tanzania: 6 Tanzanians received 15 years in prison over taking part in lynching two Burundi refugees

Two Burundians living in the Nduta camp were killed last week over allegation of collaborating with a group of refugees in rapping Tanzanian women who go to the fields and

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya) : five months without ration

Refugees in Kakuma camp in Kenya denounce a worrying delay of more than five months in the distribution of their additional aid in cash. They claim that poverty “hits us