Criminalité
Four boys rescued from human trafficking between Burundi and Tanzania
SOS Médias BurundiRumonge, October 3, 2025 — Four teenagers from southern Burundi were repatriated on Monday after falling victims to a human trafficking network operating between Burundi and Tanzania. These
Burundi – Cibitoke : farmers evicted under pretext of links to the M23
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, October 1, 2025 – Since September 21, more than a hundred farming families from the Kaboya and Mbaza sub-villages, Rukana village, in the Rugombo zone, Cibitoke
DRC : Joseph Kabila sentenced to death by a military court
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 1, 2025 – Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, September 30, by the Kinshasa High
Masisi : over 70 women raped in MPATI, abandoned by their families
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, September 29, 2025 – The town of MPATI, located in the Bashali chiefdom, Masisi territory, has been the epicenter of fighting since April 2023 between the
Bujumbura : Congolese targeted in repeated raids
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 30, 2025 – Since last Friday, several Congolese living in different neighborhoods of Burundi’s commercial capital have been targeted by raids carried out by the
Gitega : a police officer shoots a motorcyclist in the city center, anger rises
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 29, 2025 – An incident involving a police officer and a motorcycle taxi rider sparked outrage on Sunday, September 28, 2025, in downtown Gitega, the
Two lifeless bodies discovered in a bush on the banks of the Rusizi River
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 28, 2025 – On Saturday, September 27, two corpses in an advanced state of decomposition were found in a wooded area near the Rusizi River,
Rumonge : an exemplary conviction for the rape of a disabled child
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 25, 2025 — A Burundian court sentenced 24-year-old Léopold Ntirampeba to a life jail on Wednesday for the rape of a mentally disabled girl. The
Burundi : a Rwandan soldier arrested after crossing the border
SOS Médias Burundi, Kirundo, September 24, 2025 – A Rwandan sergeant, Emmanuel Sadiki, a driver with the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), was intercepted on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, approximately 700
South Kivu : the strategic town of Nzibira falls into the hands of the M23, Kindu and Kisangani in the crosshairs
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 23, 2025 – The mining town of Nzibira, in the Walungu territory of South Kivu, fell under the control of the M23 rebels on Sunday,