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Criminalité

Makamba – Kayogoro : arrests and running away of CNL activists following the disscovery of anti-government leaflets

SOS Médias Burundi Kayogoro, April 17, 2025 – Tensions have escalated in recent days in the district of Kayogoro, Makamba province (southern Burundi), following the discovery of anonymous leaflets attributed

Criminalité

Malawi – Dzaleka : armed robbery of a Rwandan refugee, more than 800,000 kwachas stolen

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, April 17, 2025 – An armed robbery was committed Tuesday night at the Dzaleka refugee camp, located in Dowa district, central Malawi. The victim, a Rwandan

Refugees

South Kivu : a Burundian journalist arrested in Mulongwe, suspected of links with the Red-Tabara group

SOS Médias Burundi Mulongwe, April 17, 2025 – Burundian journalist Gérardine Ingabire, a refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo and an employee of the community radio station Amani FM

Environment

Pollution of Lake Tanganyika : the uncontrolled extraction of construction materials is a cause for concern

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 16, 2025 – Lake Tanganyika, an ecological and economic jewel of East Africa, is increasingly threatened by growing pollution. The cause : the uncontrolled extraction

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : Burundian refugees protest against arbitrary arrests

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, April 16, 2025 – Violent protests erupted in the Nduta refugee camp in the Tanzanian region of Kigoma during the night of April 14-15. Burundian refugees

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Gitega : a CNL activist detained for a week in Makebuko, the opposition denounces an arbitrary arrest

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, April 16, 2025 – Désiré Hatungimana, 32 years old, a member of the CNL party, has been detained for a week in police cells in Makebuko,

Criminalité

Cibitoke : a sexagenerian woman killed by a grenade, a land dispute in the background

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, April 16, 2025 – A 65-year-old woman, Venancia Ndikumasabo, was killed in a grenade attack on the night of April 15 in Nyempundu village, in Mugina

Refugees

Burundi : after nearly three years of waiting, Congolese refugees regain a single status

Hundreds of Congolese refugees living in Burundi have finally seen their administrative situation regularized, after years of stalemate caused by double registration in several countries. UNHCR-Burundi conducted a major clarification

Criminalité

Uvira: 17 Burundian soldiers killed in clashes in Rugezi

SOS Médias Burundi At least 17 Burundian soldiers fighting alongside the FARDC were killed during violent fighting against the Twirwaneho rebels in Fizi territory, South Kivu province, eastern Congo. The

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Photo of the week : women alone face the burden of family responsibilities in Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Uvira territory, many women struggle alone to ensure the survival of their households, abandoned by their husbands or