Criminalité
Nyabikere : three murders in four days plunge Shombo into fear
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 20, 2025 – A gruesome series of murders has rocked the district of Shombo, in Gitega province in central Burundi. Within four days, three men
Dispossessed Burundians urged to refer cases to the CVR in their provinces
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, August 19, 2025 – The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) officially launched its activities on Tuesday, August 19, in Ngozi, in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi,
Gitega : a 65-year-old man brutally killed in Mubuga village
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 18, 2025 – A bloody tragedy rocked Mubuga village, in the district and province of Gitega (central Burundi), on the night of Sunday, August 17.
Rutana: twenty years in prison for arson and aggravated theft
SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, August 16, 2025 – The Rutana First Instance Court, in the southern province of Burunga, sentenced Égide Njejimana on Thursday, August 14, 2025, to twenty years
Two tragedies rock Gitega province : one man fatally beaten and another found hanged
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 14, 2025 – Gitega province, in the center of the small east African nation, was marked, during the same week, by two separate tragedies that
Burunga : an arson attack at a traditional healer’s home, the instigator still at large
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, August 14, 2025 – A man has been detained for nearly a month in the cells of the Makamba prosecutor’s office in Burunga province, southern Burundi.
Gatumba massacre : endless mourning for the Banyamulenge
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu / Bujumbura – August 13, 2025 – Twenty-one years after the Gatumba massacre, the pain remains raw and the thirst for justice undiminished. On Wednesday, the
M23 war : Imbonerakure returning from the DRC speak of betrayal
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 12, 2025 – Eight months after leaving to fight alongside the FARDC against the M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, several young Imbonerakure say
Musenyi : teenage pregnancies shatter young refugee girls’ hope for the future
SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, August 12, 2025 – The Musenyi site, located in Burunga province, southern Burundi, is home to more than 19,000 Congolese refugees who have fled the war
Two bodies found in one week in Bugendana : growing concern in Gitega province
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 11, 2025 – In the district of Bugendana, Gitega Province (central Burundi), the discovery of two lifeless bodies in less than a week has alarmed