Criminalité
Muyinga : the presidential prayer overshadowed by extortion and forced mobilization
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, June 19, 2026 – Presented as a major gathering of faith and gratitude to God, the presidential prayer organized in Muyinga, in the Buhumuza province of
Gitega : two people found hanged in a single day, concern grows
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 18, 2026 – Two people were found hanged on Wednesday in separate circumstances in the district and province of Gitega, in central Burundi. While police
Burundi : fraud, abuse, and misconduct in some schools, FENASEB raises the alarm
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 13, 2026 – The National Federation of Education Sector Unions of Burundi (FENASEB) is raising the alarm about a series of concerning practices in some
Burundi : the controversy erupts over the transfer of Melchior Ndadaye’s remains
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 18, 2026 – The Burundian government’s plan to transfer the remains of several historical figures to a future national memorial in Kiriri is already sparking
Buhumuza: promises of employment facing a reality of poverty and social exclusion
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, June 16, 2026 – Despite official pronouncements touting entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-employment as solutions to unemployment, many rural youth, female heads of households, and members of
Gitega : a teacher lured by a fake phone call falls into a deadly grenade trap
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 15, 2026 — A teacher at Notre-Dame d’Espérance School, a school under contract with the Emmanuel Community of the Good Shepherd Parish of Shatanya, succumbed
Bujumbura : the body of a missing young man found in a morgue, his family demands answers
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 15, 2026—The death of Jean Joël Nikoyagize, a young resident of the Mutanga Nord neighborhood in northern Bujumbura, has raised many questions among his family
Cibitoke : a father massacred with machetes, his 16-year-old son on the run
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 13, 2026 – A man was brutally killed with machetes Saturday morning in his home in the Munyika neighborhood, in the Rugombo zone of Cibitoke
Bubanza : a mutilated body discovered meters from a military post
SOS Médias Burundi Mitakataka, June 13, 2026 – The discovery of a lifeless body in an advanced state of decomposition has caused shock in Mitakataka village, in the Mitakataka zone
Gitega : a young woman found dead, bound, on the banks of the Nyakijanda River; residents demand answers
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 11, 2026 – An investigation has been launched in Gitega following the discovery of the body of a 24-year-old woman on the banks of the