Buganda
Health
Health Ministry reports over 100 cases of cholera within two months
07-12-2019
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Cholera disease has been reported in Bujumbura City and Cibitoke western province since last June. The Ministry of Health says measures have been taken to prevent the spread of this disease. “113 cases of cholera were recorded from June 5 to July 9, 2019 in Bujumbura city and in (...)
Society
Seven teachers from Buganda commune on strike since Monday
06-19-2019
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At least seven teachers from Kazoza Iwacu School located in Ruhagarika area in Buganda commune of Cibitoke province in the west of Burundi have gone on strike since Monday June 17th. They claim BIF 11.2 million which they have not been paid on time. “Every employee should be paid (...)
Security
Man seriously injured in grenade attack in Buganda Commune
03-22-2019
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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 (...)
Security
Population in Nyamitanga gripped by fear
11-03-2018
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Strengthened military patrols, overnight patrols by the population, residents of Nyamitanga area in Cibitoke province are gripped by fear. They are afraid of the attack of armed groups from the DRC. “We are afraid attackers will come back,” say residents of Nyamitanga area, Buganda Commune in Cibitoke Province, north-western (...)
Health
Nurses in Cibitoke province ill-equipped to deal with Ebola virus
10-23-2018
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The medical personnel on the Burundi-DRC border denounce the lack of equipment to detect and fight against Ebola. At a beautiful sunset, a boat arrives from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Mparambo border, in north-west of Burundi, via the Rusizi River. A dozen of passengers get off with (...)
Security
Over 80 Congolese asylum seekers hosted in Cibitoke province within a week
09-01-2018
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Eight Congolese families, from Banyamulemge community made of 39 people spent the night of 30 August at the office of Rugombo commune, Cibitoke province in northwestern Burundi. They fled the attacks being carried out by Mayi Mayi rebels against Banyamulenge community based in Bijombo locality, Uvira territory, in South-Kivu (...)
Security
Buganda: 26 dead and 7 wounded in an attack
05-12-2018
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Twenty four people died on the spot and two others at the hospital after their evacuation in Bujumbura city. This has been said this Saturday, May 12, by Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Minister of Public Security, after an attack perpetrated in the night of this Friday in Ruhagarika area of Buganda (...)
Society
Five women burned within two weeks in western Burundi
01-23-2018
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Victims are from Rugombo, Buganda and Mugina communes in Cibitoke western province. Women activists decry these despicable acts and demand justice and administration executives to intervene. The most recent case was reported in the night of 14 January. A mother of five was burned by her husband in Rugombo (...)