Security
Cibitoke : a police officer shot a resident at point-blank range, seriously injuring him
Gédéon Nzitonda, a public transport bus driver, was seriously injured on Friday around 9 p.m. when a police officer intentionally shot him. The incident occurred in the town center of
Muyinga : a man killed by a policewoman
The crime occurred on Wednesday at nightfall, in the locality of Gatongati. It is in the Rugari zone, in the district and province of Muyinga (northeast Burundi). Residents attacked the
Rumonge: a loincloth seller killed by police officers
Belyse Nimpagaritse died at dawn on October 15, 2024 at the Rumonge hospital (southwest Burundi). Suspected of illegally selling loincloths, she was beaten by PNB (Burundi National Police) officers before
Goma : resumption of deadly fighting between the M23 and the Congolese army supported by local militias
A dozen people were killed on Monday in the Bashali chiefdom in hostilities between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army supported by local militias maintained by Congolese authorities. The
Cibitoke : the provincial representative of the SNR arrested
Police Colonel Félix Havyarimana, provincial head of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) was arrested on October 11 on the orders of the Attorney General of the Republic. He is held
Gitega : three Imbonerakure suspected of murder in detention
Égide Manirambona, Sylvain Kwizera and Roger Nahayo, members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, the Imbonerakure, are detained in the central prison of Gitega (political capital). They are suspects in “the
Cibitoke : a person dies in the dungeon of the Intelligence Service
A man died in a dungeon of the National Intelligence Service in Cibitoke (northwest Burundi) on the night of October 6 to 7. He was suspected of being part of
Muyinga : intelligence has kidnapped a former refugee who returned from Rwanda
Karangwa, in his forties, has been missing since September 20. He was kidnapped from his home in the locality of Kijumbura in the district of Giteranyi in the province of
Goma : several dead in a shipwreck
At least 28 people died in a shipwreck near Goma on Thursday in the province of North Kivu in eastern Congo, SOS Médias Burundi has learned. Local sources speak of
Musasa – Kinama : refugees elect their representatives in a context of crisis
In the Musasa and Kinama refugee camps, respectively in the Ngozi and Muyinga provinces (north and northeast Burundi), refugees, mostly Congolese, elected their representatives on September 26, 2024. These elections