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Burundi : the National Assembly spokesperson arrested then released after hacking accusations
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 21, 2026 – Aimé Emmanuel Nibigira, senior communications advisor and spokesperson for the National Assembly of Burundi, was arrested on Friday, February 13, 2026, before
Double tragedy in Muhanga : two men arrested after a grenade murder
SOS Médias Burundi, Muhanga, February 19, 2026 – Two residents of the Gikomero zone, Muhanga district, Butanyerera province, were arrested by police as part of the investigation into the murder
Triple murder in Nyanza : a man suspected of killing his Wife, his child, and another Woman
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, February 19, 2026 – Three people, including a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, were brutally murdered on the night of Wednesday, February 18, to Thursday, February 19, in Mugumure
Bujumbura : two Jimbere journalists arrested while covering a 21-year-old land dspute
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 19, 2026 – Since Wednesday, February 18, 2026, journalists Olivier Manirambona and Aline Niyonizigiye, a camerawoman and breastfeeding mother, from Jimbere magazine, have been detained
DRC (Lusenda) : Burundian teachers without pay for six months, schools on the brink of chaos
SOS Média Burundi Lusenda, South Kivu : February 18, 2026 – In the Lusenda refugee camp, located in the Fizi territory of South Kivu province and home to more than
Rumonge : three young men sentenced to a life jail for the rape and murder of a minor
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, February 18, 2026 – Three young men were sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment by the Rumonge First Court in Burunga Province (southern Burundi) for the
Kirundo : two health officials and their driver arrested in an alleged drug embezzlement case
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, February 18, 2026 – Three people were arrested on February 16, 2026, in Vumbi, Kirundo district, Butanyerera province, northern Burundi, in connection with an alleged embezzlement
Bujumbura : three journalists arrested during a European commissioner’s visit
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 18, 2026 – Three journalists were arrested Wednesday in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, while covering the visit of Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness
Burundi : an NGO raises concerns about Burundians in Zambia amid a new wave of arrests
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 17, 2026 – In recent years, faced with endemic unemployment, many Burundian civil servants and young graduates from general studies or universities have turned to
Bujumbura : fear of poisoning fuels an uncontrolled business
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 17, 2026 – Fear of poisoning is gaining ground in Burundi’s commercial capital. Faced with persistent illnesses, many families are abandoning traditional healthcare facilities in