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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

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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

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DRC : the families of the victims of the Goma demonstration inconsolable

Families that lost their loved ones during the repressed demonstration in the city of Goma last Wednesday are demanding justice. Let the perpetrators answer for their barbaric acts, they demand.

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Bubanza : armed attack by rebels from the DRC in Buringa

Detonations of heavy and light weapons were heard Saturday evening in the Buringa zone, in Gihanga district, Bubanza province (western Burundi). The attackers reportedly came from Rukoko Park located along

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Fizi (DRC) : four people including 2 Chinese were killed by armed men

The four victims are made up of two Chinese, a soldier from the Congolese army and a civilian. They were shot dead by armed men in the village of Ngangula

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Cibitoke : Rwandan rebels killed in the intelligence service cell

Several Rwandan FLN rebels, incarcerated in the dungeon of the national intelligence service in Cibitoke (northwest Burundi), were killed. Sources within the police affirm that their bodies were immediately driven

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Burundi : President Neva’s speech to reinforce the acts of violence of Imbonerakure, according to Carina Tertsakian

President Évariste Ndayishimiye praised on Saturday August 26, 2023, the role of the Imbonerakure in the night patrols and securing the borders. According to Carina Tertsakian, associate researcher at the

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Goma : several dead and injured in anti-Monusco demonstrations and against the EAC regional force

Several people were killed on Wednesday in the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the east of the DRC in demonstrations organized by a mystical-religious sect. According to

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DRC : a few days before the end of its mandate, the EAC regional force recommends its renewal

The regional force of the Community of East African States (EAC) in reinforcement in the province of North Kivu (eastern DRC) following the occupation of the rebels of the M23,

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Rugombo: a couple found dead at their home

Tharcisse Nsanzamahoro (49) and his wife Thérèse Nzohabonimana, 52, were found dead at home this Sunday morning on transverse street 3 in the commune of Rugombo in the province of