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Four killed in armed attack in north of Bujumbura

05-30-2019 At least four people have been killed in an attack led by unidentified armed people in the night of May 28, police spokesman says. They attacked Nestor Ntakarutimana’s home located in Kanga neighborhood of Kinama zone in the north of Bujumbura city. “Before breaking into Ntakarutimana’s house, the criminals (...)
Health

Over 400 goats died of strange disease within month in Ngozi

05-29-2019 Breeders from Tangara commune in the northern province of Ngozi are worried about a contagious disease that attack small domestic ruminant and has been spreading in the province for a month. They say the goats that contracted the disease experience severe diarrhea and die within a week. “I had (...)
Politics

Clashes between youths in Butihinda

04-29-2019 The Rukira hill of Butihinda commune in Muyinga province has been a theatre of clashes between the youths of the ruling party and those of the opposition. The confrontation left two dead on side of the opposition youth. It all started on the evening of Sunday, April 21st. About (...)
Security

Three people killed last weekend

04-16-2019 A body of Jean Claude Ndihokubwayo was found in the morning of April 15 in Bujumbura city center. He was killed in the night of April 14, says Pierre Nkurikiye, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security. The victim worked in a bar and allegedly stole BIF 100,000 from (...)
Politics

Rwanda speaks its mind

04-01-2019 Gitega believes that Kigali is exaggerating by advising its nationals against coming to Burundi. This is another proof that the conflict between Burundi and Rwanda is far from ending. Towards an escalation in the deterioration of relations between the two neighboring countries? On March 20, the commander of the (...)
Security

One killed with machete and two others injured in grenade attack in Kirundo

03-26-2019 Amember of the National Congress for Liberty party-CNL has been killed with machete while two others were injured in grenade attack respectively in Busoni and Kirundo communes of Kirundo Province, in the north of the country. In the night of March 2019, Aimable Ndayizeye, a member of the youth (...)
Security

Man seriously injured in grenade attack in Buganda Commune

03-22-2019 Gervais Hatangimana was grievously wounded in a grenade attack carried out at his home in Buganda Commune of Cibitoke Province in the north-western part of Burundi. The incident took place in the night of March 20. Local authorities say the grenade was launched by a policeman called Celestin Nitunga (...)
Breaking news

About 20 fishing boat engines stolen since beginning of 2019

03-20-2019 Fishermen worry about the theft resurgence of fishing boat engines in Lake Tanganyika. Armed robbery is reported in Rumonge Province, in the south of Burundi. “About 20 engines have been stolen since the beginning of 2019 in Rumonge and Nyanza Lake communes of Rumonge and Makamba provinces respectively,” says (...)
Security

Two policemen shot dead in Mutimbuzi commune

03-20-2019 Two policemen were killed and their guns robbed yesterday around 2 a.m. in Maramvya area, Mutimbuzi commune in Bujumbura province. Police say adding that investigations into the attack are underway. N.M, a young woman met in Maramvya area, says she heard the shooting while going out in the night. (...)
Security

Eight wounded in grenade attack in Buterere

01-29-2019 At least eight people have been seriously wounded in a grenade attack by an unknown perpetrator in a bar commonly known as « Chez Egide Nduwayo » on 9th avenue in Buterere zone of Ntahangwa commune, in the north of the capital Bujumbura. “It was around 7:40 p.m. in (...)