Criminalité
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,
DRC: Ndayishimiye, Tshisekedi’s ally, called upon to play mediator role in the face of a wary opposition
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 8, 2026 – Burundian President and current Chairperson of the African Union, Évariste Ndayishimiye, received a Congolese delegation on Monday in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital.
South Kivu : new alleged losses for the Burundian army raise renewed questions about its involvement in the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Fizi, July 9, 2026 — As fighting intensifies once again in the highlands of South Kivu, local sources report drone strikes targeting reinforcements of the Burundi National
Burundi : a massive roundup of youths shakes éowntown Bujumbura
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 7, 2026 – More than 80 young people were arrested Monday around noon in downtown Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, during an operation conducted by the
Burunga : the proliferation of police roadblocks paralyzes transportation, drives up fares, and revives suspicions of corruption
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 6, 2026 — With new police officials recently taking office in several districts of Burunga province in southern Burundi, road checkpoints have significantly intensified. In
South Kivu : Twirwaneho armed group and M23/AFC-M23 claim to have fallen Point Zero, the main stronghold of the FARDC and FDNB in the highlands
SOS Médias Burundi Minembwe, July 6, 2026 — The Twirwaneho armed group and the M23/AFC-M23, affiliated with the Congo River Alliance (AFC-M23) political-military coalition, claim to have taken control of
Burundi : a nurse sentenced for attempted rape of a mother in a hospital
SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, July 4, 2026 — Found guilty of attempted rape of a mother who came to spend the night at the bedside of her hospitalized child at
Gitega : a man lynched to death, accused of stealing a goat, two people arrested
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 2, 2026 – Venant Munyene died after being brutally beaten by residents of Nyamagandika village, in Gitega district and province, central Burundi. Accused of stealing
Bubanza : a woman in her seventies brutally murdered in a crop field, her 19-year-old grandson arrested
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, July 2, 2026 – Sylvane Ndayarinze, a woman in her seventies, was brutally murdered in a field in Mwanda village, in the Muramba zone of Bubanza
Cibitoke : a boy accused of killing his father with a machete found hiding in Mugina
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 30, 2026 – The young man wanted by police after the murder of his father in Munyika 2 village, in the Rugombo zone of Cibitoke