Criminalité
Minembwe : two dead and several wounded in a bombing reported in Ilundu/Basita
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, June 7, 2026 – Two people were killed and six others wounded in bombings that occurred overnight from Saturday, June 6, to Sunday, June 7, in
Burundi : Faustin Ndikumana cries conspiracy after weapons are discovered in his bar
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, June 5, 2026 – The discovery of weapons and military equipment in a bar belonging to human rights defender Faustin Ndikumana continues to raise strong reactions
Burunga : another unexplained death in troubling circumstances in Nyanza
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, June 4, 2026 – A man identified as Jean Claude Ndayishimiye was found dead Wednesday night in a shop located in the Bogorwa neighborhood, Nyanza zone,
Bujumbura – Uvira : arrests of Congolese raise concerns
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura / Uvira, June 3, 2026 – Several Congolese nationals have been arrested in recent months in the city of Uvira, in South Kivu, as well as
Gitega : after a deadly robbery, three suspected assailants lynched by an angry mob
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 2, 2026 – Four people were killed in less than 24 hours in the Murago and Muyange villages, in the district and province of Gitega,
Kirundo : curfew after 8 p.m., but motorcyclists with ties to the Imbonerakure spared
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, June 1, 2026 – Tensions are running high in the district of Kirundo, in the province of Butanyerera, in the north of the small East African
Massacre in Beni : ADF kills at least 17 civilians in less than 24 hours
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, June 1, 2026 – A new series of attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels has plunged the Beni territory in North Kivu province,
Burundi : an open letter urges Burundi not to extradite Babunga Benjamin Watuna to the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 31, 2026 – Citizens, intellectuals, humanitarian actors, and human rights defenders from the Great Lakes region have addressed an open letter to Burundian President Évariste
Returned but threatened : refugees accuse political and security networks of blocking land restitution
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 31, 2026 – Behind the mass return of Burundian refugees from Tanzania lies a reality far more complex than the official rhetoric of “voluntary return”
Bujumbura : a Congolese national arrested by Burundian intelligence
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 29, 2026 — Congolese national Babunga Benjamin Watuna was arrested on Tuesday, May 27, 2026, in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, by Burundian intelligence services. According