Mutwenzi | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Mutwenzi Mutwenzi in Burundi | |
| Coordinates: 2°34′01″S30°03′50″E / 2.5668347°S 30.0639819°E | |
| Country |  Burundi |
| Province | Kirundo Province |
| Commune | Kirundo Commune |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Central Africa Time) |
Mutwenzi is a village of the Commune of Kirundo, in the Kirundo Province of Burundi.
Mutwenzi is in Kirundo Commune, just southwest of south end of Lake Rwihinda. It is northwest of Kirundo City. The Camp militaire de Mutwenzi is to the south of the village. [1] The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. [2]
The Frères de Notre-Dame de Miséricorde, an order of Catholic monks. has been active in Burundi since 1961. From 1980 to 1985 they organized a novitiate in Mutwenzi-Kirundo. From 1982 the brothers helped disabled people at the Center for the Handicapped or I.M.P. (Institut Médico Pédagogique) in Mutwenzi-Gitega. [3] In 2021–2022 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega nominated Frère Charles Baravuga as chaplain at the Mutwenzi noviciate. [4]
In March 2016 the second in command of the Mutwenzi camp was ambushed by criminals armed with illegal guns. They shot and killed his bodyguard and injured a policeman who came to help. Stany Misago, administrator of Kirundo Commune, said this sort of incident shows that civilians still have weapons, despite the efforts of the disarmament commission. [5]
In March 2020 it was reported that paramilitary training had started, with 62 Imbonerakure [lower-alpha 1] from all parts of the commune gathered on a football field near the military camp. They were taken to a bush area near Lake Rwihinda where they would stay for 24 days while being trained. 23 rifles were provided by the prosecutor of Kirundo Province. The new provincial head of Intelligence, the police commissioner and the head of the military camp were all present when the trainees gathered. [6]
Kirundo Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, in north of the country bordering Rwanda. The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with a dispersed population and few sizable communities. Before 1970 large parts of the province were forested. Migrants from the south then cleared much of the vegetation to create agricultural land, and Kirundo became the breadbasket of Burundi. The civil war from 1993 to 2005 caused agricultural output to drop by more than half. Sice then, lack of farm inputs, poor infrastructure and shortages of water have caused widespread poverty.
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Lake Rwihinda, also known as the Lac aux Oiseaux is a lake in the Kirundo Province of Burundi. It is home to diverse migratory birds, which are the main tourist attraction in the region. However, despite being protected, it is under threat from encroaching agriculture in this very poor region.
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