Violence in the Central African Republic has displaced more than 200,000 people in less than two months since, over a half of them have fled to neighboring countries, according to the United Nations. While on March 8 of each year the world celebrates International Women’s Day, this country already has Continuer
Two NGOs, the “Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante, FMV” in collaboration with “Burundi Mémoires Communes Avenir Commun, BMCAC” is distributing feminine sanitary pads to nearly one hundred Burundian refugee women and girls, living in the districts of Muhanga and Kamonyi, in the southern province of Rwanda. According to these NGOs, Continuer
The “Forum pour la Mémoire vigilante, FMV” and “Flaming Chalice International, FCI”, an NGO under Canadian law, want to put an end to juvenile delinquency among young Burundian refugees in southern Rwanda. Indeed, following the declaration of the Covid-19 in Rwanda last March, the students were forced to stay at Continuer
Even in Muhanga, one of the districts of the southern province of Rwanda, every Wednesday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., several Burundian children and young refugees are supervised in a sport of Karate, Taekwondo style. This initiative is from Continuer
His fate already known since Monday, July 8, 2019. ICC declared Mr. Bosco Ntaganda guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in 2002-2003. Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda “Terminator,” was a key leader who gave the order to Continuer
Huye district, former Butare, in the southern province of Rwanda, is home to a lot of Burundian refugees. Among them, more than 20, living with disabilities or at least infirm, including children. They try to do as much as possible to make a living even if it is not always Continuer
Whether in Nduta camp, Mtendeli or Nyarugusu, these Burundians believe that the growing source of insecurity in these camps is linked to the fact that they are located near the Burundian-Tanzanian border. Tanzania hosts just over 189,000 Burundian refugees. They are settled in three camps of Nduta, Nyarugusu and Mtendeli. Continuer
In October 2017, the International Criminal Court ICC “authorized the prosecutor of the ICC to open an investigation into crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court alleged to have been committed in Burundi or by Burundian nationals outside their country since April 26, 2015 until October 26, 2017 “says the Continuer
The Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda visited the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda’s eastern province on Tuesday. He handed over food aid worth $ 1 million. This was received by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According Continuer
From 2 to 9 June 2019, the UN is celebrating a week of sensitization against armed violence. According to Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament, “armed violence continues to devastate communities around the world, challenging security, economic opportunities and social and human rights”. She adds that more Continuer
