Criminalité
Jean Bigirimana : ten years on, Burundi still unable to answer the unsettling question
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 22, 2026—Ten years after the disappearance of journalist Jean Bigirimana, no final answer has yet been found regarding his fate. This Wednesday, the Iwacu media
Kakuma : the deadly road that brings grief to Burundian refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, July 21, 2026—Two Burundian refugees lost their lives Friday in a traffic accident near the Kakuma camp in northwestern Kenya. Several other people, including some seriously
Gitega : a police station chief sentenced to five years in prison after shooting a man
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 20, 2026 – The Gitega Court of Appeal sentenced Police Lieutenant Jean Bosco Nayuburundi, 31 years old, head of the Buhiga station, to five years
Fratricide in Gitega : the life jail for a man who killed his brother with a machete
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 18, 2026 — The First Instance Court of Gitega, in Burundi’s political capital, sentenced Jean Paul Nduwumukama, 34 years old, to a life jail on
Burundi : three children sexually assaulted in one month, alarm raised in Rumonge
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 16, 2026 – At least four cases of sexual violence, three of which involved children, have been reported in the space of a month in
Rumonge : the fighting in South Kivu is strangling exchanges between Burundi and the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 14, 2026 – Commercial traffic between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a significant slowdown at the commercial port of Rumonge,
Burunga : a body attached to a cross, the murder of a bicycle repairman shocks Kayogoro
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 14, 2026 – The discovery of the lifeless body of a bicycle repairman, found attached to a cross after being killed in particularly violent circumstances,
Burunga : a man found dying by the roadside, succumbs to his injuries in Nyanza
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 13, 2026 — A man whose identity remains unknown died after being found severely injured by the side of the Mabanda-Mugina road, in Bikobe village,
Gitega : inheritance dispute turns tragedy, a man kills his older brother with a machete
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 13, 2026 — What was supposed to be a family gathering to divide an inheritance turned into tragedy on the afternoon of Saturday, July 11,
Buhumuza : fines, prison threats, and mandatory construction : new measures sowing fear
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, July 10, 2026 — In Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, the mandatory paving of private land providing access to national roads, the campaign to eliminate thatched houses,