{"id":39159,"date":"2025-09-08T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Un-haut-responsable-belge-expulse-du-Burundi-pour-une-publication-liee-a-la-39159\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:30:14","slug":"Un-haut-responsable-belge-expulse-du-Burundi-pour-une-publication-liee-a-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Un-haut-responsable-belge-expulse-du-Burundi-pour-une-publication-liee-a-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Un haut responsable belge expuls\u00e9 du Burundi pour une publication li\u00e9e \u00e0 la p\u00e9nurie de carburant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Les autorit\u00e9s burundaises, ayant estim\u00e9 que cette publication constituait une atteinte \u00e0 la souverainet\u00e9 nationale, ont ordonn\u00e9 \u00e0 David Leyssens, responsable pays de l\u2019Agence en poste depuis un an, de quitter le pays samedi dernier, apr\u00e8s un ultimatum de 48 heures.<\/p>\n<p>La Belgique, pour sa part, a exprim\u00e9 son d\u00e9saccord face \u00e0 cette d\u00e9cision qu\u2019elle juge \u00ab\u202fdisproportionn\u00e9e\u202f\u00bb, le minist\u00e8re belge des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res ayant convoqu\u00e9 l\u2019ambassadeur du Burundi \u00e0 Bruxelles et rappel\u00e9 que la publication relevait de la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression personnelle de M. Leyssens, en dehors de ses fonctions officielles.<\/p>\n<p>Cette mesure intervient alors que le Burundi conna\u00eet depuis plus de 4 ans une grave crise de carburant sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, impactant lourdement la vie quotidienne, l\u2019\u00e9conomie et les d\u00e9placements de la population.<\/p>\n<p>Les p\u00e9nuries prolong\u00e9es ont conduit de nombreux Burundais \u00e0 se fournir dans les r\u00e9gions frontali\u00e8res, notamment \u00e0 Uvira en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, la vente ill\u00e9gale de carburant constituant aussi un fl\u00e9au suppl\u00e9mentaire qui touche le pays.<\/p>\n<p>En revanche, ce n\u2019est pas la premi\u00e8re fois que Bujumbura prend une telle mesure : en 2020, le Burundi avait expuls\u00e9 le repr\u00e9sentant de l\u2019Organisation mondiale de la sant\u00e9 (OMS) ainsi que trois experts internationaux en pleine pand\u00e9mie de Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019agence Enabel, qui coordonne une part importante de l\u2019aide bilat\u00e9rale belge \u2013 estim\u00e9e \u00e0 75 millions d\u2019euros pour la p\u00e9riode 2024-2028 \u2013 contribue activement dans le d\u00e9veloppement et les projets humanitaires au Burundi. <\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ambassade de Belgique \u00e0 Bujumbura s\u2019est limit\u00e9e \u00e0 confirmer avoir \u00ab pris note \u00bb de la d\u00e9cision, sans \u00e9mettre d\u2019autre commentaire, les projets de coop\u00e9ration en cours pouvant \u00eatre s\u00e9rieusement affect\u00e9s par cette expulsion, selon certains observateurs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-65629 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/stat.jpg\" alt=\"Le Burundi conna\u00eet depuis plus de 4 ans une grave crise de carburant sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, impactant lourdement la vie quotidienne dans le pays\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9clar\u00e9 persona non grata par le gouvernement du Burundi, un haut responsable de l\u2019Agence belge de d\u00e9veloppement (Enabel) a \u00e9t\u00e9 somm\u00e9 de quitter le pays, suite \u00e0 la republication sur son compte LinkedIn d\u2019un article critique du journal sud-africain The Continent, d\u00e9non\u00e7ant les p\u00e9nuries de carburant et le march\u00e9 noir qui touchent le pays depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":4000065628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[7605],"byline":[7717],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualite-3","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":7717,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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