Rumonge : a corpse discovered
Rumonge : a corpse discovered
A body of an as yet unidentified person was found on Saturday at the old fishing port. It is in the Kizuka zone in the district and province of Rumonge
Ngozi : a body of a killed man found in a provincial hospital morgue
The deceased left his home last Thursday and went to the Ngozi market (northern Burundi) where he was often employed as a day laborer, his relatives say. His body was
Buganda : two people seriously injured and several houses destroyed following torrential rains
Two people were injured, around a hundred houses destroyed and more than 500 hectares of crop fields damaged by torrential rains which fell in Nyamitanga village in the Ndava zone
Burundi : members of the LGBTQ community fear persecution after President Neva’s remarks
In Burundi, people in same-sex relationships feel they are at great risk. This came after remarks by President Évariste Ndayishimiye who called for “homosexuals to be stoned” last Friday. The
Burundi : the ruling party defends its young people
Not all young people in the party are at fault, according to the secretary general of the ruling party. The Imbonerakure are very responsible and well prepared to replace those
Giharo : the district police commissioner killed with machetes
Police Major Japhet Mukeshimana was killed on the evening of Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The tragedy took place in Nkanka village in Giharo district in Rutana province in southeast Burundi.
How is the Burundian army, long renowned for its bravery, in decline in North Kivu?
The Burundian army was reformed in 2004, with a new name of the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) replacing the old army, Burundian Armed Forces (FAB), which had been created
Bubanza: two former refugees from Rwanda arrested
President Ndayishimiye’s speech begins to claim victims. Two men from the commune of Musigati and Bubanza, in the province of Bubanza (western Burundi) were arrested by the police on Monday.
Giharo: three Imbonerakure arrested, after two weeks on the run, following a young man’s murder
Mateso, head of the Imbonerakure on Butezi hill, his deputy Gabriel Nyandwi known as Gasongo and Éric Baranzigiriza, member of the imbonerakure league, were arrested by the police this Monday
2023, a nightmarish year for Burundian refugees living in camps
From the assassination in Kenya and Malawi to a possible end to refugee status in Tanzania, including a considerable reduction in assistance in Rwanda, the SOS Médias Burundi microphone went