Security
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
Kirundo : the Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD visited the Imbonerakure of districts bordering Rwanda to call on them to be more vigilant
Révérien Ndikuriyo paid a visit on Monday, September 30, to the districts of Bugabira and Busoni, bordering neighboring Rwanda. He called on them to be more vigilant. Officials of the
Vugizo – Makamba : meetings of certain political parties banned
The administrator of the Vugizo district in Makamba province (southern Burundi) is accused of political intolerance and of being harmful to democracy. This follows untimely bans on meetings of opposition
Rumonge: six houses burned down by fire
The fire broke out in the Swahili neighborhood of the provincial capital of Rumonge province (southwest Burundi). A short circuit is suspected to have caused this fire. The police did