Author: Itara Burundi
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Burundi: Trial of Dr Christophe Sahabo
On June 15, 2023, the trial of Dr. Christophe Sahabo opened in a public hearing before the Muha High Court in Bujumbura, accompanied by his lawyer and in the presence of the civil party. During this second public hearing, according to Itara Burundi newspaper sources, Dr. Christophe Sahabo was assisted by his lawyer and pleaded…
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Why are Burundians boycotting banking transactions?
President Evariste Ndayishimiye had warned that he was going to transform banknote bundles into paper, and the decision has just been taken: from June 7 to 17, 2023, all 10,000 and 5,000 banknotes are to be changed under conditions tailored to facilitate the objective. The Central Bank’s decision to exchange the 10,000 and 5,000 bills…
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Burundian refugees in Kampala, Uganda threatened
During the night of May 18-19, 2023, a Burundian refugee living in the Ugandan capital Kampala was killed on his way to home. David, originally from Gahweza hill, Kiganda Commune, Muramvya Province, was living in Makerere, Uganda, and working on his own account. He was killed by unidentified persons last night. According to information reaching…
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Burundi: 148 prisoners released from the Central Prison of Ngozi
This Monday, March 20, 2023, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi decided to release 148 prisoners from the Central Prison of Ngozi located in the north of the country. According to the information that reaches the newspaper Itara Burundi, the prisoners who were released were those who had…
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Burundi: Five Human Rights Defenders arrested
Four human rights defenders were arrested yesterday morning, February 14, 2023, at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport on their way to Kampala, Uganda, for a meeting, and another was arrested in Ngozi the same day. According to Itara Burundi Newspaper’s sources, these names were been expected since the day before; all planes were searched for the…
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Burundi: President Evariste Ndayishimiye soon to be president of the ruling party
The president of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, would be ready to occupy the post of president of the ruling party from the congress of the party of the eagle in preparation which will be held very soon. According to the sources of the newspaper Itara Burundi, the president Evariste Ndayishimiye is afraid of the secretary general…
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Burundi: OBR unable to collect road fees, turns to OTRACO collaboration
In a letter that the Burundian revenue office, OBR, sent to the Office du Transport en Commun, OTRACO, on December 14, 2022, it asked for its collaboration in collecting road fees. The OBR is asking OTRACO to demand proof of payment of road fees from applicants for technical control services in order to force car…
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Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, former Prime Minister, will respond to his actions
According to our sources, former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni spent several days going to the national intelligence service for questioning relating to the embezzlement of funds and the networks he maintained, which impoverished Burundi. In the Itara Burundi newspaper, we have received information from our sources that the General of Police, Allain Guillaume Bunyoni,…
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A person died after a police officer shot him in Bujumbura
This morning, June 22, 2022, a police officer shot him at close range while he was waiting to be served in fuel, and he died immediately. The queue of people looking for fuel was very long. A man found himself in front of a microfinance “Le haugue Family Microfinance Umuryango” in the center of Bujumbura, the economic capital city of Burundi,…
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Suspension of the Communal Administrator of Kanyosha
In a ministerial order signed on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, by the Minister of the Interior, Community Development, and Public Security, Gervais Ndirakobuca, Mrs. Ntahomvukiye Geneviève, who was a communal administrator of Kanyosha in Bujumbura Province, was dismissed from her position. Among the reasons advanced by the same order are a violation of the public…