Criminalité
Matana : two men arrested after a grenade found in Muheka village
SOS Médias Burundi Matana, February 4, 2026 – Frédéric Ndayikengurukiye and Patrick Harerimana were arrested on Monday, February 2, 2026, in Muheka village, in the Muheka zone of Matana district,
Cibitoke : a father found dead after a violent arrest in Buhindo
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, February 4, 2026 – A 40-year-old father died after being brutally beaten up and then detained in the Buhindo zone jail in the district of Cibitoke,
Burundi–DRC : Gatumba–Kavimvira border remains closed, hopes dashed
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 2, 2026 – The hopes of many Congolese and Burundians, who were awaiting the reopening of the Gatumba–Kavimvira border crossing, have been brutally dashed. Burundian
Bubanza : a technical school closed to the public after an Imbonerakure is stabbed
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, February 2, 2026 – Access to the Bubanza Technical School (ETB), located in Bubanza district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi, has been prohibited to the public
Masisi : more than 200 dead in landslide at artisanal mine in Rubaya
Goma, January 31, 2026 – A tragedy has struck the artisanal mining site of Rubaya, in the Masisi territory of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 200 miners lost
South Kivu : the battle of Point Zero revives the highlands front
Bukavu, January 31, 2026 – The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), supported by the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) and Wazalendo militias, recaptured the strategic location
Buhumuza : 22 Congolese refugees die in a single day at Busuma camp
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, January 31, 2026 – The humanitarian situation at the Busuma refugee camp in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, has reached a critical level. Twenty-two Congolese refugees lost
South Kivu : 4 dead and 11 wounded in a grenade explosion in Sange
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, January 30, 2026 – In South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, four people were killed and eleven others wounded on Thursday, January 29,
Gitega : an army officer sentenced to a life jail for the murder of a young woman
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, January 30, 2026 – A Burundian army officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the military court sitting in Gitega, central Burundi, for the murder
Cibitoke : overcrowded, sick, and abandoned inmates
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, January 30, 2026 – The detaining cells at the Cibitoke police station in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, are facing alarming overcrowding. A total of 179 detainees,