Mutwenzi is a village of the Commune of Kirundo , in the Kirundo Province of Burundi.
5-597: 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. The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. 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
10-506: 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. In March 2020 it was reported that paramilitary training had started, with 62 Imbonerakure 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
15-507: The 2008 census. The Rwihinda Lake Nature Reserve is in Kirundo commune, to the west of Kirundo Airport . Marshes extend northwest from the reserve to the Akanyaro River, which forms the border with Rwanda . Lake Rwihinda has been threatened by lack of rain since 1999 and excessive evapotranspiration . Settlements include the provincial capital of Kirundo ; Rutare , to the north of
20-694: The brothers helped disabled people at the Center for the Handicapped or I.M.P. (Institut Médico Pédagogique) in Mutwenzi-Gitega. In 2021–2022 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega nominated Frère Charles Baravuga as chaplain at the Mutwenzi noviciate. 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
25-417: 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. Kirundo Commune The Commune of Kirundo is a commune of Kirundo Province in northern Burundi . The Commune of Kirundo has an area of 207.3 square kilometres (80.0 sq mi) and had a population of 93,110 as of
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