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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).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bujumbura : grey areas surrounding the case of Ruboneka, arrested and rushed to Kinshasa
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 29, 2025 – Arrested on Sunday, July 27 in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, by Burundian security services, Laurent Ruboneka Musabwa, an employee of
Bugendana and Teza: 29 years later, survivors of the massacres described as genocide demand truth and justice
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 28, 2025 – Twenty-nine years after the Bugendana and Teza massacres, in which 648 displaced persons and 90 tea factory workers were murdered, survivors and