Criminalité

Human Rights

Burundi : YouTuber Dieudonné Niyukuri and four others kidnapped by intelligence

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 16, 2025 – Dieudonné Niyukuri, a well-known Burundian YouTuber critical of the government, and four other people, including a Rwandan driver, have reportedly been detained

Refugees

Malawi : a Burundian refugee beaten nearly to death amid election fever

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, September 16, 2025 — The violence that marred the September 16 general elections in Malawi hit refugees hard. In Lilongwe, a Burundian living in Dzaleka camp

Diplomacy

Uvira : a high-level government delegation faces a bloody protest against General Gasita

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 12, 2025 — A large delegation from the Congolese government, led by the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Territorial Administration, and Customary Affairs, Jacquemain Shabani

Criminalité

Uvira : General Daniel Mwaku dies following a sudden illness

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, September 12, 2025 — Brigadier General Daniel Mwaku, commander of the 33rd Military Region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, died on Friday in Uvira, following

Criminalité

Mpanda : a husband seriously injures his wife, the court calls for action

SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, September 12, 2025 — A violent domestic dispute turned tragic on Tuesday, September 9, in Rugunga village, Mudubugu Zone, in Mpanda district, Bujumbura province, western Burundi.

Criminalité

Rumonge : an angry crowd besieges the prosecutor’s office to demand the release of its village chief

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 12, 2025 — Tensions erupted on Thursday in the town center of Rumonge district. Dozens of residents of Mwange village, in Burunga Province, southern Burundi,

Criminalité

In Ngagara, a new body dumped in a bag raises concern

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – One month after a first gruesome discovery, a new body was found on Wednesday in Ngagara, confirming fears of growing insecurity in

Criminalité

Serial violence in Gasorwe : one family wiped out, another hit by flames

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, September 11, 2025 – A night of horror rocked the former district of Gasorwe, now part of Muyinga, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi. Three members of

Criminalité

Burundi : triple murder of Italian nuns, 11years of silence and mystery

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – Eleven years after the cowardly murder of three sisters from the Xaverian missionary community, originally from Italy, the Burundian justice system has

Criminalité

Twenty-nine years after his assassination, the shadow of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna still hangs over Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 10, 2025 — Twenty-nine years after the assassination of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna, former Archbishop of Gitega, his relatives continue to demand justice. The prelate was