Security
Gihanga : three police officers arrested in possession of fraudulent goods
Three police officers in a vehicle were arrested and goods in their possession seized by their colleagues. They only stopped the car after warning shots were fired this Sunday evening
Cibitoke: four ladies killed the day before women’s day
Four women were killed and eight girls victims of rape at the start of the month dedicated to women in the communes of Rugombo, Murwi, Bukinanyana and Buganda, in Cibitoke
Kirundo: death threats against those who oppose forced contributions in Ntega commune
Residents of the Murungurira zone, Ntega commune, who have not agreed to pay the contribution demanded by the commune administrator and the communal secretary of the CNDD-FDD party are all
Goma: the city of Nyanzale under control of the M23
Following harsh clashes which lasted two days, the strategic city of Nyanzale in Rutshuru territory in the Bwito chiefdom came under the control of the M23 on Wednesday. According to
Mbuye (Muramvya): the family of Oscar Mbonihankuye, killed by Imbonerakure for not having participated in community work, is demanding his body
Oscar Mbonihankuye, 60, was arrested, tortured and then thrown into the Mubarazi River by Imbonerakure more than two weeks ago. According to our sources, the incident took place on Musama
Cibitoke : Mabayi zone chief accused of collaboration with arrested Rwandan rebels
The Mabayi zone chief was arrested last Friday by agents of the National Intelligence Service (SNR). He is accused of collaborating and supplying Rwandan FLN rebels based in the Kibira
Gitega : a short arrest of members of the CNL party that leaves questions
Methuselah Nijimbere, Pascal Nyambere and Nestor Ciza were arrested Thursday early in the afternoon by Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD youth league) and the police then taken to the dungeons
Rugombo : an alleged thief killed
The body of a man in his thirties was discovered in the town center of the district of Rugombo in the province of Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) this Sunday morning. Four
Gihanga : a soldier killed a young man and injured a sixty-year-old
The murder took place in the Gihungwe region in Gihanga district of Bubanza province (west). A soldier shot two people. Witnesses speak of an argument between a soldier and two
Goma: more than 17,000 new people displaced following war between the regular army and M23 rebels
More than 17,000 displaced people have been registered in a newly created camp in the city of Goma in the province of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). According