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.
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,
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
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
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
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
Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu transferred to a Bujumbura hospital
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Tuesday afternoon to a hospital in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, sources familiar with the
Bubanza : three Imbonerakure arrested after the murder of a peer educator in Karinzi
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, September 10, 2025 – In Bubanza, Bujumbura province (western Burundi), police arrested three members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, suspected of participating in the fatal lynching
Mugina : a mother and daughter seriously injured with a machete by fleeing Imbonerakure
SOS Médias Burundi, Mugina, September 10, 2025 – A violent machete attack left two women seriously injured on Tuesday, September 9, in Bubondo village, in Mugina district, Bujumbura province, in
Turned back and stranded at the border : the ordeal of Congolese refugees facing the Imbonerakure and the police
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 9, 2025 – Since Monday, September 8, 2025, several hundred Congolese refugees have been arrested in various localities in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana,