Security
Kayanza : a new call to “kill” launched by Révérien Ndikuriyo
The secretary general of the CNDD-FDD party, Révérien Ndikuriyo, urges members of this party to eliminate those he calls “wolves” to leave the “sheep”. Residents of Kabarore district, Kayanza province
DRC : the standoff between President Tshisekedi and the M23 is not ready to end
On Wednesday September 20, 2023, the Congolese president declared to the press in New York that he does not intend to dialogue with the M23 rebels. The latter seems to
Goma: burial on government orders of more than forty bodies despite opposition from families and civil society
At least 40 bodies were buried on Monday September 18, 2023 on the orders of the governor of the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of
Kayanza: four mineworkers dead in a landslide in Kivuvu
The incident occurred in the afternoon of Monday, September 18. A strip of earth slipped and blocked a hole where four miners were searching coltan. It is on Kivuvu hill
Cibitoke: 6 soldiers arrested after a confrontation with Imbonerakure
The 6 army officers were posted at Ruhagarika station, Buganda commune Cibitoke province, northwest Burundi. That is near the Rusizi River separating Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five
Bujumbura : worrying strengthening of security at RTNB
Employees of the Burundi National Radio and Television (RTNB), a state-run medium, were surprised to see, this Friday morning, an important security device such as the presence of police dogs
Nyarugusu (Tanzania): four police officers arrested for attempted theft
Police officers were caught stealing from the household of a Burundian trader in Nyarugusu camp. They were arrested with three civilian guards from the camp. The refugees demand exemplary punishment.
Gihanga : a septuagenarian killed
An old woman, aged 75 years, was beheaded in Rugunga village, Gihanga district, Bubanza province (western Burundi) by people who have not yet been identified. The police have already apprehended
Cibitoke: two inmates died in the provincial police station’s cell
In less than a week, two detainees died in the cell of the Cibitoke police station (north-west Burundi). The overpopulation inside the custody and lack of food are alleged to
North Kivu: Congolese justice has opened an investigation into the case of the Goma demontrators massacres
Citizen movements and pressure groups in North Kivu, along with civil society activists, want to see perpetrators of Goma massacres on August 30 “answer for their barbaric acts” which claimed