Criminalité
Makamba : terror sets in before the elections, one opponent mutilated, others hunted
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 4, 2025 – As the legislative and district elections approach, the political climate is deteriorating dangerously in Makamba province, southern Burundi. On the night of
Ngozi : a man detained for witchcraft, his family denounces political persecution
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, May 4, 2025 – The arrest of Elias Niyonkuru, a resident of Nyabihanga village in Ngozi district and province (northern Burundi), continues to spark outrage. Accused
Gitega : the suspicious death of “KONDAKONDA NYORORO” outrages residents of Nyamugari
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 4, 2025 – Outrage is running high in Nyamugari, a working-class neighborhood of Burundi’s political capital, following the brutal death of Damas Butoyi, a street
Rumonge : a police officer seriously injured by machete during an arrest
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, May 2, 2025 – A police officer was seriously injured by a machete Thursday morning in Mugara, in the district and province of Rumonge (southwestern Burundi),
Tanzania: After deadly incidents, Burundian refugees point the finger at authorities
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, May 2, 2025 – The insecurity is increasingly tense in Tanzania’s Burundian refugee camps. Local authorities are raising their voices, threatening expulsions after deadly clashes in
Bubanza: Imbonerakure sow terror as elections approach
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, May 3, 2025 – As legislative and municipal elections scheduled for June near, in the small East African nation, a climate of widespread fear is taking
Bukavu : clashes between the Wazalendo and the FARDC, panicking the population
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, May 2, 2025 – Fighting broke out on Thursday between the Congolese army and Wazalendo militias in the heights of Uvira, South Kivu. The exchange of
Bubanza : a police officer kills two people and commits suicide in a crime of passion, police under high tension
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, May 1, 2025 – The night of April 29, 2025, will remain etched in the memory of the residents of Bubanza, marked by a tragic incident
Musenyi : cross-border solidarity – Angéline Ndayishimiye and Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi meet with Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 30, 2025 – First Ladies of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo made a joint visit to the Congolese refugee site of Musenyi, in
DRC : evacuation of unarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers from Goma to Kinshasa, with support from the ICRC and MONUSCO
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, April 30, 2025 – Several hundred unarmed members of Congolese security forces, protected since January by MONUSCO in Goma, have begun to be transferred to Kinshasa