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Criminalité

Rumonge : 14 youths arrested for an alleged plot against the chief of Mwange village

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 28, 2025 — Fourteen young people affiliated with the ruling CNDD-FDD party, the Imbonerakure, but known locally as abasatirizi, were arrested on Thursday, October 24,

Economy

Rutana : two men Sentenced for harming the national economy in a fertilizer fraud case

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, October 28, 2025 — The Rutana First Instance Court sentenced two men, Alexis Kwizera, a driver, and Ferdinand Manirakiza, to six months in prison and a

Human Rights

Burundi : STEB calls for recognition of teachers’ occupational illnesses

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 27, 2025 – On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, STEB highlighted the vulnerability of teachers to illnesses related to their

Criminalité

Gatumba : the controversial detention of the police station chief and his deputy shakes the PNB

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 27, 2025 – The police station chief of Gatumba, Major Sylvestre Nshimirimana, on the border between Burundi and the DRC, and his deputy, Priscille Ndayisenga,

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : tuberculosis threatens refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, October 27, 2025 – About fifteen refugees have been admitted since the beginning of October to the Nyarugugu Health Center IV, designated to receive all tuberculosis

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Burundi : associations demand the right to pay tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site

Burundian authorities continue to prevent associations defending the rights of Tutsi victims from paying tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site in Gitega, central Burundi. This is the site where,

Criminalité

Burundi : associations demand the right to pay tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 26, 2025 – Burundian authorities continue to prevent associations defending the rights of Tutsi victims from paying tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site in

Justice En

Bujumbura : Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana transferred from Mpimba jail to the National Intelligence Service (SNR) cells

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 26, 2025 —Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana was removed on Friday, October 24, from Bujumbura’s central prison, known as Mpimba, to be held in the cells

Criminalité

Gitega : the lifeless body of a woman discovered in the political capital of Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 26, 2025 – A new case of suspicious death is shaking the city of Gitega, the political capital of Burundi. The lifeless body of Jeanine

Criminalité

Buganda : three bodies discovered in two days

SOS Médias Burundi Buganda, October 26, 2025 —Grim discoveries are sowing fear along the banks of the Rusizi River, separating Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the space