05-18-2017 ■ The police spokesman accuses Térence Manirambona, MP elected in the political coalition Amizeroy’Abarundi of supporting a group of criminals responsible for many crimes committed in Gitega. The MP rejects these accusations which he describes unfounded. The police announced yesterday the dismantling of a group of criminals. According to police (...)

05-18-2017 ■ Cédric Kwizera, Reagan Ndayizeye and Audifax Harerimana have been killed in a grenade attack in the night of 17 May 2017, in Gikoto area of Musaga southern neighborhood of the capital Bujumbura. “They were with their friend they had come to visit when an unidentified criminal threw a grenade (...)

05-16-2017 ■ During the cabinet meeting from 10 to 12 May, the Minister of Justice presented a draft bill on the revision of the code of criminal procedure. For some serious offenses that are exhaustively enumerated, the search warrant is not required and the night search is also authorized. “We fear (...)

05-10-2017 ■ The Military cooperation helps Burundi troops acquire knowledge they could not get otherwise. Military cooperation with foreign countries helps members of Burundi armed forces get training that it is not offered in the country. Some of the countries that have military cooperation with Burundi assist in “training our troops (...)

05-10-2017 ■ Breaking speed limit causes the majority of traffic accidents in a country that has no sufficient strategies to manage speed. Excessive speed is responsible for most of car accidents nationally, police say. Speed mixed with driving under the influence and the absence of law enforcement officers in the streets (...)

05-07-2017 ■ More than 20 people were wounded in clashes that broke out yesterday afternoon between prisoners, according to prisoners in Rumonge . Police say security has been strengthened since this morning to prevent further confrontation. More than 20 people were injured following the clashes that occurred on 3 August during (...)

05-06-2017 ■ At least two people were killed and a dozen injured in attacks by unknown armed men in Kamenge neighborhood in the capital Bujumbura over two weeks. The Bujumbura city mayor has taken measures to secure the area. On 4 May around 8 am, a father of three children, Jean (...)

04-26-2017 ■ Four victims of kidnapping have been released after 17 days of detention in the DR Congo. Their kidnappers claimed they were rebels. One of the four hostages says they don’t know how their release was negotiated. Four Burundian hostages have been freed by their kidnappers who kept them in (...)

04-25-2017 ■ Exiled activists organise demonstrations against alarming rights violations; an idea that is not shared by activists living in Burundi. A number of civil society organisations have called on Burundians in exile to protest against new waves of extra-judiciary executions and forced disappearances. “We call on all Burundians especially those (...)

04-25-2017 ■ In the early morning of 24 April, sounds of gunshots were heard in Kigobe neighborhood of Ntahangwa Commune in the capital Bujumbura. “The police officer was pursuing a “tuk-tuk” driver who was trying to escape. Instead of stopping, he rather tried to run away and the police officer shot (...)