Tag: Burundi
journalist returning from abroad sentenced to ten years in prison
A young journalist belonging to an online radio station that is highly critical of the authorities and which broadcasts from abroad has just been sentenced to ten years in prison,…
apologies at the heart of parliamentary discussions on the colonial past
After two and a half years of work, trips to the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, the hearing of nearly 300 people, the Belgian parliamentary commission responsible for examining Belgium’s colonial past…
a summit scheduled for Wednesday in Luanda
In North Kivu, a precarious calm reigns on the various front lines between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels. A lull which comes as a summit is to be…
the regional force of the EAC is struggling to see the light of day, despite some progress
The head of Congolese diplomacy, Christophe Lutundula, announced on RFI the operationalization of the Regional Force of the Community of East African States, of which the DRC is now part,…
EU lifts new sanctions, pleased with progress on human rights
The European Union officially lifted, on Tuesday 25 October, the sanctions imposed in 2015 against three Burundians. They were accused of having committed acts of violence or of having prevented…
seven years later, a judgment against a third term for Nkurunziza resurfaces
A dramatic change in Burundi, where a judgment of the appeal chamber of the Court of Justice of the East African Community has been found, after having remained hidden for…
outlines of foreign intervention following the EAC meeting
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), delegates and experts from member countries of the East African Community (EAC) signed, Thursday, September 8, in Kinshasa, the agreement on the status…
[En intégral] Laura Sheïlla Inangoma (Burundi): “Memory trial”
A trial. Three women are accused of murder and practicing “barbaric rites” but for lack of bodies, judges, lawyers and witnesses are fighting over what makes tradition and modernity in…
the history of Burundi and the power of theater
The young Burundian author Laura Sheïlla Inangoma enters this Tuesday, July 19 at 11 a.m. in the “Court of Honor” of African authors at the Avignon Festival. Trial of Memories,…
after an ultimatum, street children risk criminal prosecution
In Burundi, the more than 7,000 street children identified in the country, as well as the thousands of adult beggars and other ” wanderers “, had until Tuesday, July 5…