Criminalité
Bujumbura : wave of arrests and expulsions sow panic among Congolese students and the Banyamulenge community
The war ravaging the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), involving the M23, accused of being supported by the Rwandan army, and Congolese armed forces allied with local
Bukavu under the control of M23 rebels : widespread panic
The city of Bukavu fell into the hands of the M23 rebels on Friday, February 14, 2025. After taking Kavumu airport, the latter advanced without much resistance towards the city
Cibitoke : a forty-year-old killed at his partner’s house, Imbonerakure arrested
A brutal crime has shaken the district of Buganda, in the province of Cibitoke. A man was savagely murdered while he was at his partner’s house. Members of the Imbonerakure
Kirundo : We will not accept to die like the Congolese who are killed like goats, I have already warned Rwanda (Evariste Ndayishimiye)
Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye once again called Rwanda an “enemy of Burundi” on Tuesday and declared that he intended to mobilize Burundians from all provinces to go and fight on
War in Eastern Congo : Is South Africa planning to use Bujumbura airport to send new troops to Congo?
At least two South African army planes landed at Bujumbura airport in the commercial city of Burundi last Wednesday. They were carrying soldiers who were supposed to reinforce positions of
Giheta: discovery of a corpse
A decomposing body of a man was discovered last Saturday in the Nyambeho valley separating the communes of Gitega and Giheta in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). It has
Cibitoke : a series of deadly landslides hit gold mining sites
In the space of a few weeks, the province of Cibitoke has been the scene of several mining tragedies. Landslides caused by heavy rainfall have already cost the lives of
Gatumba: an increasing number of Congolese flee to Burundi, some end up in custody
Several Congolese from the cities of Goma, Bukavu and Uvira, in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the east of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) keep
Bujumbura : the “abusive” detention of journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana risks tarnishing the country’s image according to the CNIDH
The chairperson of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, CNIDH, deplores the situation of abusively keeping detainees in prisons while they have already served their sentence. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba said
Rumonge : nearly a hundred pupils subjected to paramilitary training by the CNDD-FDD
Pupils from Rumonge secondary school and neighboring primary schools were summoned on Wednesday to a meeting organized by members of the CNDD-FDD, the former Hutu rebellion that became the ruling