For several years, the political capital of Burundi has been facing an uninterrupted wave of street children from the surrounding communes and provinces. Delivered to themselves between begging, shoplifting, alcohol and gambling, these young boys desperately seek to survive. But, in the face of exasperated and looted truckers, the phenomenon is turning into a social impasse.
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For several years, the political capital of Burundi has been facing an uninterrupted wave of street children from the surrounding communes and provinces. Delivered to themselves between begging, shoplifting, alcohol and gambling, these young boys desperately seek to survive. But, in the face of exasperated and looted truckers, the phenomenon is turning into a social impasse.