Criminalité
DRC : at least 24 dead in Bukavu fire; two schools affected
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 10, 2026 — At least 24 people perished in a fierce fire that broke out on Thursday morning in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu
Gitega : hunted, detained, and sent back to camps : the ordeal of Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 7, 2026 — Approximately one hundred Congolese refugees living in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, were forced to leave the city on the evening
Burundi-Rwanda : two incidents in five days, the border on the brink of a conflict
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, September 8, 2026—Two incidents involving Burundian and Rwandan soldiers have been reported in the space of five days in border areas of northern Burundi. The latest,
Buhumuza : Kigarika, the new laboratory for the militarization of the Imbonerakure
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, September 5, 2026 — President Évariste Ndayishimiye attended the ceremony on Thursday in Kigarika, Ruyigi district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, where the first class of members
Kizuka : a woman suspected of killing her child
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 5, 2020—A family tragedy occurred on Friday in the main town of the Kizuka zone, in the district and province of Rumonge, in southwestern Burundi.
Gitega : crackdown on Congolese refugees living in the city
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 5, 2026—Several Congolese refugees living in different neighborhoods of Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, were arrested early Saturday morning, September 5, during a police
Two soldiers shown by the government : controversial “confessions”
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 3, 2026—Two soldiers were presented to the press on Tuesday by Pierre Nkurikiye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Security. Authorities accuse them of collaborating with
Gitega : a man found stabbed in a river, another seriously beaten and abandoned in a wood
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 3, 2026 — Two separate cases of violence were reported in the space of two days in Gitega province, in central Burundi. A 60-year-old man
Bubanza : gunfire at the presidential palace, a soldier wounded in an altercation
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, September 2, 2026—An exchange of gunfire between two soldiers assigned to the security of the presidential palace in Bubanza, Bujumbura province, western Burundi, left one soldier
Red-Tabara : Gitega presents a man identified as Rwandan fighter
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 1, 2026—The Burundi National Police (PNB) presented a man to the local press on Tuesday, claiming he is of Rwandan origin and a fighter with