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Criminalité

Ruyigi: the alarming rise in theft shakes the district

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, December 5, 2025 — The district of Ruyigi, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, has been experiencing a worrying increase in insecurity since the end of June.

Refugees

Tanzania : dozens of young refugees missing in the Nduta and Nyarugusu camps

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, December 5, 2025 – Concern is growing in the Nduta and Nyarugusu refugee camps in the Kigoma region of northwestern Tanzania, where dozens of young people

Criminalité

Rugombo under threat : clashes in the DRC cross the Rusizi River

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, December 5, 2025 – For the past five days, residents of the Cibitoke district in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, have been living to the rhythm of

Criminalité

Gitega : a young man found hanged in Higiro, residents dispute the official version

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, December 3, 2025 — The lifeless body of 28-year-old Jules Ndayikeza was found hanged inside his house, under the rafters, in Higiro village, in the district

Criminalité

Cibitoke : a teacher sentenced to three years in prison for attempted rape of a pupil

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, December 3, 2025 — The Cibitoke First Instance Court sentenced Jean Bosco Bukuru, a teacher at the Cibitoke Technical High School (LTC), to three years in

Médias

Shock summons: where is the Kenny Claude Nduwimana case heading?

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, 4 December 2025- This Thursday, journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana was summoned without prior notice to the Mukaza prosecutor’s office in the commercial city of Bujumbura, at

Governance

Gold, ivory, and billions in an office: the scandal shaking Burundi’s attorney general’s office

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, 4 December 2025- Léonard Manirakiza, former attorney general of the Republic of Burundi, has been held since 1 December 2025 in the cells of the National

Refugees

Burundi: Over 240 returnees from Rwanda and Uganda welcomed in Muyinga

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, 3 December 2025- Since Tuesday, 25 November, 247 Burundians returning from Rwanda and Uganda have been welcomed by the UNHCR Burundi and Burundian authorities. Among them,

Criminalité

Gitega: a young man found hanging in Higiro, residents challenge official version

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, 3 December 2025- The lifeless body of Jules Ndayikeza, 28, was found hanging inside his home, under the roof structure, on Higiro hill in Gitega commune

Politic-supp

Cibitoke: a teacher sentenced to three years in prison for attempted rape of a student

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, 3 December 2025- The Cibitoke High Court sentenced Jean Bosco Bukuru, a teacher at the Cibitoke Technical High School (LTC), to three years in prison for