Investigation: Burundi’s National Assembly at the Center of Allegations of Nepotism and Poor Governance

Is Burundi’s National Assembly becoming a family affair? How can it be explained that the Speaker of the National Assembly’s son has been placed in charge of logistics and supplies? Why would Daniel Gélase Ndabirabe have doubled the logistics budget before assigning his own son to oversee it? How is this institution being administered today? […]
Threats against detainees continue as the inmates’ “General” escalates intimidation.

Why is the prison director remaining silent? The competent authorities are urgently called upon to take immediate action to ensure the protection of detainees held at Ruyigi Prison, located in Buhumuza Province. Relatives of detainees continue to raise alarm over the situation inside the prison. They allege that the inmates’ leader, commonly known as the […]