Criminalité
Bugendana and Teza: 29 years later, survivors of the massacres described as genocide demand truth and justice
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 28, 2025 – Twenty-nine years after the Bugendana and Teza massacres, in which 648 displaced persons and 90 tea factory workers were murdered, survivors and
Bujumbura : secret services arrest a DRC embassy employee, a prominent Banyamulenge figure
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 28, 2025 – The arrest of Laurent Ruboneka Musabwa at dawn on Sunday by agents of the National Intelligence Service (SNR), police, and military personnel
Rumonge : a wave of arrests of traders accused of speculating on Brarudi products
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 27, 2025 – Law enforcement continues its hunt for speculators in products from the Burundi Brewery Factory (Brarudi) in Burunga province, in the south of
Mahama (Rwanda) : a newborn found abandoned in the savannah, a Burundian teenage girl arrested
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, July 27, 2025 – A newborn baby was discovered abandoned at dawn on Friday, July 25, in an isolated area of the Mahama refugee camp in
Burunga : a man sentenced to 10 years for rape of a minor in Rumonge
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 25, 2025 – The First Instance Court of Rumonge, in Burunga province (southern Burundi), sentenced Eddy Émile Nkurunziza on Tuesday, July 22, to a 10-year
Butanyerera : a woman found dead, tied to a tree in Muhingira
SOS Médias Burundi Matongo, July 25, 2025 – A week after the discovery of a man’s body in the Nyawisesera River (same region), a new tragedy has caused shock. The
Roads that kill, a system that abandons
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 24, 2025 – The Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Martin Niteretse, issued an alert earlier this week in Gitega, the political capital of
Makamba : a life sentence for the brutal murder of a village mediator in Gikuzi
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, July 24, 2025 – The Makamba First Instance Court in Burunga province delivered a highly anticipated verdict on Thursday in a murder case that deeply shocked
Rutana : a vast child trafficking network to Tanzania dismantled
SOS Médias Burundi Rutana (Burunga), July 24, 2025 – A human trafficking operation involving some fifty children was thwarted Monday in the south of the country. The minors, crammed into
Jean Bigirimana, missing since 2016, remains a symbol of impunity
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 23, 2025 – Nine years to the day after the disappearance of journalist Jean Bigirimana, the Iwacu press group, where Jean was employed, held a