Criminalité
Burundi : electoral tensions despite calls for tolerance
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 27, 2025 – While President Évariste Ndayishimiye called, during the official launch of the electoral campaign on May 9 in Gitega (the political capital), for
Photo of the week : 1,150 Rwandan refugees repatriated in 48 hours
In the space of 48 hours, exactly 1,150 Rwandan refugees were repatriated from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda. This large-scale operation was coordinated by the United Nations
Gitega : a suspected thief killed by a crowd, police open investigation
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 26, 2025 – The lifeless body of a man, identified as Aboubakar Nsengiyumva, 32 years old, was found Thursday in a valley separating the Karera
Murwi : two gold miners killed after a CNDD-FDD rally, the population in shock
SOS Médias Burundi Murwi, May 24, 2025 – The lifeless bodies of two gold miners were discovered on Saturday morning in Gisaba village, in Murwi district, Cibitoke province. The victims,
Joseph Kabila denounces “dictatorship” and calls for the rebuilding of the state
SOS Médias Burundi Kinshasa, May 24, 2025 – The former Congolese president delivered a powerful speech on Friday, denouncing a serious political, security, and institutional crisis. He proposed a citizens’
Eastern DRC : Burundi fuels chaos with soldiers and civilians recruited into the Wazalendo
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, May 24, 2025 – While Burundi has officially deployed nearly 10,000 soldiers alongside the FARDC in eastern DRC, a parallel phenomenon is causing serious concern :
South Kivu : Burundian troops in large numbers in Fizi to slow down Twirwaneho and contain the M23
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, May 22, 2025 – Large-scale military movements have been observed in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since Wednesday, new Burundian troops have
Tense elections in Cibitoke : opposition activists deprived of voter cards
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 22, 2025 – Two weeks before the double election scheduled for June 5, reports are talking about intimidation, violence, and the confiscation of voter cards
Mbuye : the Imbonerakure act with impunity
SOS Médias Burundi Muramvya, May 21, 2025 – A 49-year-old agricultural instructor was horrifically murdered in Mbuye, Muramvya Province (central Burundi). Suspected members of the Imbonerakure are accused of kidnapping,
Ngagara : a stockpile of uniforms reduced to ashes, the police base cries out for abandonment
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 21, 2025 – A large stockpile of new Burundi National Police (PNB) uniforms went up in smoke in a fire at a logistics depot in