Criminalité
Gitega : a police station chief sentenced to five years in prison after shooting a man
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 20, 2026 – The Gitega Court of Appeal sentenced Police Lieutenant Jean Bosco Nayuburundi, 31 years old, head of the Buhiga station, to five years
Fratricide in Gitega : the life jail for a man who killed his brother with a machete
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 18, 2026 — The First Instance Court of Gitega, in Burundi’s political capital, sentenced Jean Paul Nduwumukama, 34 years old, to a life jail on
Burundi : three children sexually assaulted in one month, alarm raised in Rumonge
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 16, 2026 – At least four cases of sexual violence, three of which involved children, have been reported in the space of a month in
Rumonge : the fighting in South Kivu is strangling exchanges between Burundi and the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 14, 2026 – Commercial traffic between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a significant slowdown at the commercial port of Rumonge,
Burunga : a body attached to a cross, the murder of a bicycle repairman shocks Kayogoro
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 14, 2026 – The discovery of the lifeless body of a bicycle repairman, found attached to a cross after being killed in particularly violent circumstances,
Burunga : a man found dying by the roadside, succumbs to his injuries in Nyanza
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 13, 2026 — A man whose identity remains unknown died after being found severely injured by the side of the Mabanda-Mugina road, in Bikobe village,
Gitega : inheritance dispute turns tragedy, a man kills his older brother with a machete
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 13, 2026 — What was supposed to be a family gathering to divide an inheritance turned into tragedy on the afternoon of Saturday, July 11,
Buhumuza : fines, prison threats, and mandatory construction : new measures sowing fear
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, July 10, 2026 — In Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, the mandatory paving of private land providing access to national roads, the campaign to eliminate thatched houses,
DRC: Ndayishimiye, Tshisekedi’s ally, called upon to play mediator role in the face of a wary opposition
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 8, 2026 – Burundian President and current Chairperson of the African Union, Évariste Ndayishimiye, received a Congolese delegation on Monday in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital.
South Kivu : new alleged losses for the Burundian army raise renewed questions about its involvement in the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Fizi, July 9, 2026 — As fighting intensifies once again in the highlands of South Kivu, local sources report drone strikes targeting reinforcements of the Burundi National