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DRC : Catholic bishops oppose the death penalty imposed on Joseph Kabila

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 7, 2025 – The death sentence imposed on former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, by the High Military Court in

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DRC : Joseph Kabila sentenced to death by a military court

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 1, 2025 – Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, September 30, by the Kinshasa High

Criminalité

Burundi : triple murder of Italian nuns, 11years of silence and mystery

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – Eleven years after the cowardly murder of three sisters from the Xaverian missionary community, originally from Italy, the Burundian justice system has

Human Rights

Acquitted prisoners still incarcerated in Mpimba : Ntabariza sounds the alarm

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – More than a hundred people, despite having been acquitted by the Burundian courts, remain unjustly detained in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as

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Judicial year opens : corruption, pressure, and precarious conditions at the heart of judges’ concerns

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 28, 2025 — As the judicial year approaches, Supreme Court President Gamaliel Nkurunziza brought together the presidents of several courts and tribunals on Wednesday for

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After his arrest, a relative joins Gahungu in detention

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – On Thursday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested by the National Intelligence Service (SNR).

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Bujumbura : opposition leader Anicet Niyonkuru arrested for fraud

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – The president of the opposition party Council of Patriots (CDP), Anicet Niyonkuru, was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of

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Burundi : former Hutu rebel leader Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye arrested in a fuel trafficking case

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 16, 2025 – Former Hutu rebel leader Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, exiled for challenging Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term and returning to the country in 2021, was

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Bujumbura : Colonel Moïse Arakaza, alias Nyeganyega, detained for illegal fuel trafficking

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 14, 2025 – Police Colonel Moïse Arakaza, alias Nyeganyega—often cited in cases of human rights violations—was arrested on Thursday in Bujumbura. He is suspected of

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Burundi : Kenny Claude Nduwimana challenges the president in an open letter regarding his prolonged detention

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 5, 2025 – In an open letter sent to President Évariste Ndayishimiye, Burundian journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana denounces his arbitrary detention that has lasted for