Gatumba–Uvira : A vital border reopened amid security challenges and economic survival

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Gatumba–Uvira : A vital border reopened amid security challenges and economic survival

Gatumba, February 23, 2026 – Burundi officially reopened its land border crossing with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, after nearly three months of closure. This closure, which

Médias

Burundi : systematic persecution of independent press, journalist Sandra Muhoza targeted

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, February 20, 2026 – The prosecutor’s office at the Ngozi Court of Appeal, in the north of the small east African nation, is requesting confirmation of

Refugees

Nduta camp : five refugees abducted amid fear and impending deportations

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, February 20, 2026 – Fear is spreading in the Nduta camp in Tanzania. Five Burundian refugees have recently been abducted on different dates, the latest incident

Criminalité

Mugina : a 48-year-old man found dead in a ditch in Nyempundu

SOS Médias Burundi Mugina, February 20, 2026 – The lifeless body of a man known as Ciza, aged 48 years, was discovered Thursday morning in a ditch in Nyempundu village,

Refugees

Ruyigi : dozens of Congolese refugees behind bars for leaving their camps

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, February 21, 2026 – Several Congolese refugees from the Busuma, Nyankanda, and Bwagiriza camps, located in the district of Ruyigi, in the province of Buhumuza, eastern

Criminalité

Gitega: a second body recovered in less than a week from the Nyakijanda River

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, February 21, 2026 – A new tragedy has shaken the heart of this small east African nation. The lifeless body of 25-year-old Jeanine Nkunzimana was discovered

Criminalité

Burundi : the National Assembly spokesperson arrested then released after hacking accusations

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 21, 2026 – Aimé Emmanuel Nibigira, senior communications advisor and spokesperson for the National Assembly of Burundi, was arrested on Friday, February 13, 2026, before

Criminalité

Double tragedy in Muhanga : two men arrested after a grenade murder

SOS Médias Burundi, Muhanga, February 19, 2026 – Two residents of the Gikomero zone, Muhanga district, Butanyerera province, were arrested by police as part of the investigation into the murder

Criminalité

Triple murder in Nyanza : a man suspected of killing his Wife, his child, and another Woman

SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, February 19, 2026 – Three people, including a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, were brutally murdered on the night of Wednesday, February 18, to Thursday, February 19, in Mugumure

Médias

Bujumbura : two Jimbere journalists arrested while covering a 21-year-old land dspute

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 19, 2026 – Since Wednesday, February 18, 2026, journalists Olivier Manirambona and Aline Niyonizigiye, a camerawoman and breastfeeding mother, from Jimbere magazine, have been detained