Burundi News » Bubanza News Burundi » Bubanza: AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of Bishop of Bubanza
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., until now Coordinator of the Council for the creation of the Catholic University of Burundi, as Bishop ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Burundi: The Army Provokes FNL Combatants in Bubanza
Bujumbura — Clashes opposing the national defence forces and FNL-PALIPEHUTU combatants occurred in Gihanga on 8 November disturbing the traffic on the main road connecting Bujumbura to Rugombo. The ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Burundi Takes Steps to Decriminalize Journalism
The Burundi government this month adopted a bill to abolish prison sentences for journalists over ethics complaints. The new bill instead recommends fines of between $350 (1,000,000 Burundi Francs) ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Grenade explosion injures 8 in church in Burundi's Bubanza province
BUJUMBURA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least eight persons were Saturday night injured in a grenade explosion at a church gathering at Muzinda in Bubanza province, 18km west of the Burundian capital ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: 'I can't wait to see my children' - freed talk-show host
A talk-show host who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for undermining Burundi’s national integrity has told the BBC she is overjoyed to have been freed. Floriane Irangabiye spoke to the BBC as ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Burundi: Torrential Rains Displace Thousands in Bubanza
Bujumbura — Thousands of people urgently need aid after their homes and crops were destroyed on Sunday following torrential rains in Rugazi Commune in Burundi's northwestern province of Bubanza, a ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Terrorist attack kills 9 in northwest Burundi
Nine people were killed and five injured Sunday evening in a terrorist attack in the locality of Buringa in northwestern Burundi, an official said Monday. Nine people were killed when terrorists from ...
News Burundi » Bubanza: Burundi Journalists Released via Presidential Pardon
Four journalists imprisoned for a year in Burundi on charges that rights groups condemned as baseless have been released after receiving a presidential pardon, according to a decree seen Thursday by ...