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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

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Gitega : a physician sentenced to three years in prison for refusing to help a child in danger

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 31, 2025 – The First Instance Court (TGI) of Gitega, in the political capital of Burundi, sentenced Dr. Diomède Kabura to three years of penal

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Ngozi : a lawyer gets 20 years for the murder of his adoptive brother, community in shock

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, July 30, 2025 – The verdict came like a thunderclap. The Ngozi Court of Appeal, in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi, sentenced lawyer Elvis Frank Ngendakumana

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Ruyigi (Buhumuza) : grave desecrators heavily sentenced by the courts

SOS Médias Burundi, Ruyigi, July 29, 2025 In the Ruyigi region, in Buhumuza province (eastern Burundi), the courts have struck hard against grave desecrators. On Monday evening, the Ruyigi First