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www.regionweek.com BURUNDI AND EAST AFRICA WEEKLY BRIEFING SEPTEBER 07th 2019 $ 3.50 No 021 AFRICA BURUNDI AFRICA ECONOMY Ebola simulation drills in Tanzania ‘Africa’s three richest men President Kagame inaugurat- Paramedic schools to be suspend- ed Adventist School of Medicine ed to comply with EAC standards at border entry points with possess more wealth than 650 DR Congo million Africans’, Oxfam says of East-Central Africa (ASOME) in Rwanda BURUNDI AFRICA SPORTS Newly assigned Burundi Am- SPORTS ‘Japan to strengthen its coopera- FUFA Awards 2019: Olympics Qualifier: Kenya Ha- bassador to Kenya, Jean Bosco tion with Africa’, Burundi 2nd Vice Barege, kicks off his tenure Categories and nominees rambee Starlets beat Malawi to President revealed go through to the third round NEWS Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe dies aged 95 COVER STORY Xenophobic attacks hit South Africa It is regularly observed the xenophobic attacks on the foreigners living in this country. Currently, these attacks targetting the foreigners are raging in South Africa, especially in the Johannesburg city of South Africa. 2 AFRICA REGION WEEK SEPTEMBER 01 - SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 N° 021 Xenophobic attacks hit South Africa It is regularly observed the xenophobic attacks on the foreigners living in this country. Currently, these attacks targetting the foreigners are raging in South Africa, especially in the Johannesburg city of South Africa. The local people target foreigners by looting, Local media reported that Nigerians to loot from our vigorous citizens. destroying their boutiques and shops. This is were so much targeted in these at- You will all pay for this dearly. fuelled by hate and jealousy the locals have for tacks. Hunger will never depart your the wellbeing of the foreigners, one foreigner in homes.https://t.co/hkVJg2NHsu@ “The mob also looted several Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/4yeQSk- South Africa said. shops that were around the As media reported , at least 91 people were ar- lkts vicinity suspected to be owned — NaijaVoice (@matty_blow) Sep- rested on Monday in the cities of Johannesburg by foreign nationals. But the tember 3, 2019 and Durban in South Africa following incidents “ Police later dispersed the mob Several videos capturing harrow- of looting and torching of buildings and ve- and made some arrest”, one ing scenes have emerged of South hicles. The attacks began in the early hours of resident told Daily Post. Africans subjecting other African Sunday morning. nationals to beatings and other The arrests come after three people in Jeppe- “Late in the evening of Sunday, Sept. 1, a group of violent locals suspected to forms of torture. stown, Johannesburg were burnt to death on Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Sunday in a fresh wave of violence, linked to be Zulu hostel dwellers besieged Jules Street in Malvern, Johannesburg loot- Naicker said it was a busy week- tensions between local and foreign truck driv- end as they dealt with a number of ers. ed and burned shops/businesses,’’ he added. trucking industry-related strikes At least 50 cars were either damaged or set in various parts of the province. alight, while several foreign and local-owned ‘Social media users decry the exces- sive use of violence’ South Africa’s ministers of em- shops were looted or damaged. ployment and labor, police, trans- Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun Social media users have reacted in disgust and horror following reports port and home affairs convened grenades in an attempt to quell the unrest on an urgent meeting on Sunday Monday. Many of the targeted shops are report- of fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa. evening to discuss the continued ed to be owned by foreign nationals, the BBC violence in the trucking industry. reported. South African Shame on you In a joint statement, the minis- Julius Malema, the famous opposition member guys. If you are hungry beg or tries said attacks against drivers in South Afrca has condemned these xenopho- ask for food instead of introduc- ing #XenophobicAttacks in order and their vehicles were becoming bic attacks in foreigners and called for restraint. “ more violent. N° 021 REGION WEEK SEPTEMBER 01 - SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 NEWS 3 Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe dies aged 95 Zimbabwe former president and the country’s first post-independent leader Robert Mugabe dies at the age of 95, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the news. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce Mugabe who led Zimbabwe for 37 years was the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father ousted in a military coup in November 2017 fol- and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe,” lowing nationwide mass protests. Mnangagwa posted on Twitter early on Friday 5 September 2019. The former political prisoner-turnedguerrilla leader swept to power in the 1980 elections af- “Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Afri- ter a growing rebellion and economic sanctions canist who dedicated his life to the emancipation forced the white minority colonial government to and empowerment of his people. His contribu- the negotiating table. tion to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. Born on February 21, 1924, into a Catholic family “May his soul rest in eternal peace,” at Kutama Mission northwest of Harare, Mug- he added. abe was described as a loner and a studious child, known to carry a book even while tending cattle Mugabe was hospitalized in Singapore since in the bush. April for an undisclosed ailment, Mnangagwa had confirmed earlier this year. After his carpenter father left the family when he No further details were immediately available was 10, the young Mugabe concentrated on his about the circumstances of his death or where he studies, qualifying as a schoolteacher at the age of died. 17. 4 REGION WEEK SEPTEMBER 01 - SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 N° 021 N° 021 REGION WEEK SEPTEMBER 01 - SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 BURUNDI 5 Burundi ‘no longer interested in responding to UN warnings of violence’ The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has issued a stern warning Burundi may be heading to the wrong path of violence ahead of violence. This was said yesterday by the United Na- ‘Burundi no longer interested in responding rights violations, and tions Commission on Burundi calling for to the UN warnings of violnce’ other sources collect- stepped up efforts to curb the ‘impending However, Willy Nyamitwe said that Burundi ed over the course of calamity’. is ‘no longer interested in responding to the three years of investi- UN warning of violence’. gation’. THE BIG PICTURE: As the issued report by “Response to journalists who re- the Commission of Inquiry(COI)on Burun- quest my reaction to the Commis- Burundi rejects these di said, Burundi is at risk of a new wave of sion of Inquiry’s politically moti- UN Commission of atrocities as it approaches a 2020 election “ vated report on Burundi: ‘We are Inquiry’s claims, say- with an unresolved political crisis. no longer interested in responding ing that they aim at to the lies and Fake News by some destabilizing Burun- The COI report went further by portraying Westerners who obviously seek the di’is institutions since Burundi president as a “ divine” ruler. destabilization of Burundi”, Willy 2015 uprisings. “There is no better early warning than this,” Nyamitwe said. Burundi did not want the U.N. panel’s chairman Doudou Diene to cooperate with this The COI on Burundi says that there are said in a statement. UN Commission of warning signs that the atrocities have been Inquiry on Burundi “The 2020 elections pose a major committed in Burundi, by the Imbonerak- even though the in- risk,” the report said, adding that ure. ternational observers the government was increasing control over non-governmental As the COI’s report says , ‘the and UN experts have “ findings of the Commission are urged Gitega to coop- organizations and there was no real multiparty system since most based on more than 1, 200 state- erate fully in investing parties had been “infiltrated and “ ments of victims witnesses and the alleged war crimes divided”. alleged perpetrators of human committed since 2015. 6 BURUNDI REGION WEEK SEPTEMBER 01 - SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 N° 021 Newly assigned Burundi Ambassador to Kenya, Jean Bosco Barege, kicks off his tenure The newly assigned Burundi Ambassador to Kenya, Jean Bosco Barege, has been welcomed to the State House of Kenya. This happened yesterday in Nairobi on September 3, 2019. The newly assigned Burundi Ambas- Uhuru Kenyatta – President take BurundiUganda to another level. I am sador to Kenya, Jean Bosco Barege, of the Republic of Kenya. Jean Bosco Barege was working as the optimistic my new Tour of Duty has been welcomed to the State Burundi Ambassador to Uganda. Uganda will further strengthen the House of Kenya. This happened yes- Head of State, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, already Great Bilateral Rela- terday in Nairobi on September 3, and his Foreign Minister, Sam Kutesa 2019. tions between our Sister States congratulated him on his relentless ef- THE BIG PICTURE: On Tues- “, Jean Bosco Barege wrote on forts to take BurundiUganda to another day, September 03, 2019, Jean Twitter . level. Bosco BAREGE and ten other Related: Former Burundi Am- Heads of Mission presented Uganda Administration through its Min- “ bassador to Uganda, Jean istry of Foreign Affairs awarded Jean Bo- their credentials to Kenya Bosco Barege, re-assigned to sco Barege a medal of merit(seen by Re- Head of State, Uhuru Kenyat- Kenya. gionWeek) called “Token of Appreciation ta, nominating him as Extraor- Jean Bosco Barege was work- of Services As Ambassador of Burundi dinary and Plenipotentiary ing as the Burundi Ambassa- to Uganda” for his good deeds during his Ambassador to the Republic of dor to Uganda.

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