01-17-2018 ■ After 17 years, residents of Mirango I and II and Gituro zone of Kamenge neighborhood in the northern part of Bujumbura Capital are still claiming compensations after they lost their lands in 1999. “We had fled the civil war and when we returned, we found that our lands were (...)

05-22-2017 ■ Residents of Kamenge say they are perplexed by the escalating violence in their area. At least eight people were injured in a grenade explosion on Saturday evening in Kamenge area, northern Bujumbura, police source says. The grenade exploded in front of the home of Kamenge area chief, Espérence Hakizimana. (...)

04-03-2017 ■ The torrential rain that fell in the afternoon of 2 April claimed the life of one kid and caused a lot of damage. Floods have inundated houses and infrastructures in Kamenge northern neighborhood of the capital Bujumbura. The victims demand that the drainage channels be rehabilitated. Houses, schools, shops, (...)

01-10-2017 ■ Some Kamenge inhabitants of the 5th and 14th avenues complain that the associations in charge of hygiene and sanitation in Ntahangwa commune have chosen to store wastes from different homes of the quarter, in front of their houses. “We, residents of this place, have a serious problem. It’s very (...)

05-13-2014 ■ At Kamenge Residence Court, many cases concern women who come for denied paternity. This is about fathers refusing to pay children maintenance allowances.-By Yves Didier Irakoze According to Liévin Rupande, the President of Kamenge Residence Court, these kinds of cases are frequently observed in Court. Very often, it is (...)