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Cibitoke – Double Murder on the Burundi-Rwanda border : two youths killed in a coffee smuggling case

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 19, 2025 During the night of June 18-19, two young members of the Imbonerakure League (members of the youth league of the CNDD-FDD, the ruling

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Karusi: Three Killed in Grenade Attack in Bibara, Seven Suspects in Custody

SOS Médias BurundiKarusi, June 18, 2025 — A deadly grenade attack claimed the lives of three members of the same family on the night of Thursday, June 12, in Bibara

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Rumonge: Child Trafficking Network Active Along Lake Tanganyika Shores

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 18, 2025 — On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Burundian children are falling prey to human traffickers promising them a better life abroad. Local authorities

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Mahama (Rwanda): Congolese Refugees Quietly Return to Rebel-Controlled DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, June 18, 2025 — Since the M23 rebel group and its affiliated politico-military coalition, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), seized control of key cities in North

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Gikungu : a money transfer agent killed by a soldier

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 16, 2025 – A tragedy struck the Gikungu neighborhood, in the Gihosha zone, Ntahangwa district (north of the commercial capital Bujumbura), on Monday morning. Chantal

Refugees

Giharo : illegal fines imposed on Congolese refugees in search of survival

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, June 16, 2025 — Congolese refugees living at the Musenyi site, in Giharo district (Rutana province) in southeastern Burundi, are denouncing abusive practices by Burundian police.

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Burundi : ACG CIRIMOSO denounces the arrest of Tutsi survivors invited to a memorial meeting in Nairobi

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 16, 2025 – Three representatives of Burundian genocide survivor associations were arrested on Friday as they were preparing to travel to Kenya to attend a

Refugees

Kavumu : a Rwandan refugee stabbed to death near the camp, three suspects arrested

SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, June 16, 2025 – A young Rwandan refugee was violently stabbed to death near the Kavumu camp in eastern Burundi. Three Congolese refugees were arrested. The

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Cibitoke: two bodies found on the banks of the Rusizi River – mystery and concern on the Burundi-DRC border

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 15, 2025 – The bodies of two men were discovered on Saturday morning, June 14, on the banks of the Rusizi River, in the district

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Burundi : controversial arrest of Father Paul Butoyi, parish priest of Mutumba SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 15, 2025 – The arrest of Father Paul Butoyi, parish priest of the