Criminalité
Burundi : in Cibitoke, armed Imbonerakure sowed electoral fear
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 10, 2025 – Investigation. In Cibitoke (northwestern Burundi), in the days leading up to the June 5 elections, weapons were discreetly distributed to the Imbonerakure.
Gitega : suspicious deaths continue, mob justice causes concern
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 9, 2025 – Corpses are multiplying, suspicions are growing, and fear is spreading to the villages and neighborhoods of Gitega (central Burundi). Faced with a
Rumonge in shock after the murder of a young fisherman : investigations are ongoing
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 9, 2025 — A lifeless body was discovered on Monday morning in the Swahili neighborhood, in the heart of the city of Rumonge, in southwest
Tanzania : hundreds of Burundians arrested, thirteen children jailed for demanding their wages
SOS Médias Burundi Nyamisivya, June 9, 2025 — Since February 28, thirteen Burundian teenagers have been languishing in Nyamisivya prison, in northwest Tanzania. Their “crime” : having dared to demand
Giharo : intimidation and targeted exclusions during the district elections
SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, June 8, 2025 – Electoral tensions are skyrocketing in several localities in Giharo district, in Rutana province (southeastern Burundi). On the ground, numerous accounts reveal intimidation,
Makamba under lock and key : How the CNDD-FDD blocked the June 5th election
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, June 7, 2025 – While the legislative and district elections have just concluded in the small east African nation, serious irregularities are marring the electoral process
A farmer found dead near Rusizi River, the possibility of suffocation raised
SOS Médias Burundi, Cibitoke, June 3, 2025 – The lifeless body of Joseph Kariyo, a 38-year-old farmer missing for over a week, was found on Sunday, June 1, in an
Mabayi : a former CNL member kidnapped from high school grounds
SOS Médias Burundi Mabayi, June 4, 2025 — The kidnapping of Théophile Niyimbona, principal of the Ruseseka district high school in the district of Mabayi (Cibitoke province, northwest Burundi), occurred
South Kivu : more than 3,000 Burundian refugees have reportedly joined the Wazalendo militias
Bukavu, June 4, 2025 – In the Burundian refugee camps of Mulongwe and Lusenda, located in Fizi territory, South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), more than 3,000 people have
Dzaleka : a Congolese refugee found dead, strangled, and robbed of his motorcycle
SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, June 3, 2025 – A young Congolese refugee was found dead near the Dzaleka camp in central Malawi on Monday. According to police, the victim, aged