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Bweru: a seriously injured woman

Espérance Sibomana, in her forties, is bedridden at the Karusi 50th anniversary hospital (central-eastern Burundi). She was evacuated there after sustaining serious injuries by her husband. The incident took place

Security

Kirundo: who killed the returnee Kambayingwe?

Four people including the provincial CNDD-FDD party secretary in the province of Kirundo (Northern Burundi) and the presidential party’s youth league official at the provincial level are cited in the

Security

Ituri/Nord-Kivu: 27 bodies of civilians killed by ADF fighters discovered in Irumu and Beni territories

Twenty bodies of civilians killed by Ugandan rebels ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) were discovered in several villages in Irumu territory, Ituri province, eastern DRC. Seven others were found in Beni

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Cibitoke: two Imbonerakure accused of theft beaten up in Rugombo

Two Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD party youth league) were caught stealing. Exasperated, residents rushed on them and seriously beat them up. Field owners demand that these thieves be punished

Security

Ntega: a young man who assaulted his wife was killed by a policeman

This young man, in his twenties, was killed by a police officer at nightfall on Monday. The information is confirmed by the local administration, which explains that the victim was

Politic

Nyanza-Lac: a former village chief beaten up by an Imbonerakure

Patrice Ntiganzwa, former chief of Muyange vill in Nyanza-Lac district, Makamba province (southern Burundi) was seriously beaten up by an Imbonerakure (CNDD-FDD party youth league member) on Sunday night. The

Security

Irumu: about fifteen people manage to escape from the hands of ADF fighters

It was in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri in the east of the DRC that the concerned persons were able to escape from posts of the

Security

Gitega: two unsolved murders in the districts of Gishubi and Mutaho

Two corpses were found in the districts of Gishubi and Mutaho, in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). It is the corpse of an ex-Fab (a retired soldier from the

Human Rights

Ngozi: life imprisonment required against two instigators of a murder including a former leader of the Imbonerakure

The prosecution requested a life sentence against two people including a former provincial representative of the youth league of the presidential party, the Imbonerakure in Ngozi (Northern Burundi).They are accused

Security

Rugombo: discovery of a corpse

A body of a young man was seen this Wednesday afternoon on the hill of Kagazi in the commune of Rugombo (province of Cibitoke, north-west of Burundi). The conditions of