Criminalité
Burunga – “The right to vote confiscated” : strategies to manipulate and intimidate opponents in the run-up to Burundi’s elections
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, May 30, 2025 – As the election campaign is in full swing in the small east African nation, serious voting rights violations and acts of intimidation
Bukinanyana – Violent clashes in Kibira : at least 12 FLN rebels killed by the Burundian army
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 30, 2025 – A large-scale operation conducted by the Burundi National Defense Forces (FDNB) in the natural forest of Kibira, on the border with Rwanda,
Bujumbura : begging mothers urge electoral candidates to take up their case once elected
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 30, 2025 – Since May 13, various political parties have been crisscrossing the country campaigning for the parliamentary and district council elections. Seeking votes, candidates
Cibitoke : women traders locked up for attending an independent candidate’s rally
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 29 — Just days before the legislative and district elections scheduled for June 5, political tensions are rising in the small east African nation. On
Kirundo : growing insecurity, city center residents live in fear
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, May 29 — A wave of insecurity is hitting central neighborhoods of the city of Kirundo in northern Burundi. During the night of May 28-29, several
Intimidation and acts of intolerance : The opposition denounces a tense election campaign in Bujumbura province
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 29, 2025 — As the election campaign is in full swing in Burundi, voices are being raised to denounce a tense political climate, particularly in
Bujumbura : when the election campaign displaces pupils from classrooms
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 29, 2025 — As end-of-year exams approach, the atmosphere in several schools in Bujumbura—the commercial city where United Nations agencies and the central administration are
Burundi : intimidation, forced mobilization, and propaganda in Makamba : CNDD-FDD under fire
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 27, 2025 – As Burundi’s legislative and elections elections approach, the campaign of the ruling CNDD-FDD party is raising serious concerns in Makamba province (southern
Pre-election tensions in Cibitoke : the opposition under pressure
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 28, 2025 – One week before the legislative and district elections, Cibitoke province (northwestern Burundi) is becoming the scene of intimidation and targeted violence against
Kayanza : a CNDD-FDD parliamentary candidate arrested after a rally, a case with political overtones
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 28, 2025 – Vincent Ndagijimana, parliamentary candidate on the list of the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the new province of Butanyerera (northern Burundi), was arrested