08-01-2016 ■ Jean Bigirimana, the Iwacu Press group Journalist, was arrested and abducted in a vehicle on July 22, 2016 by unknown men in Bugarama. The police and the National Intelligence Service wash their hands of the act. Evidence suggests otherwise. The news came on Friday, July 22 at 4:13 p.m (...)

07-28-2016 ■ Six days after the missing of our colleague Jean Bigirimana since Friday, 22 July 2016, Iwacu Press Group calls for witnesses. Indeed, in order to help the Burundian justice conduct an investigation over the missing of our colleague, Iwacu invites anyone who might hold information about either the circumstances (...)

07-27-2016 ■ In a press statement released on the 26th July, the police director general Andre Ndayambaje said that “Usalama III”, a joint operation which targets human and drug trafficking , illegal migration , vehicle theft , small arms and light weapons proliferation, crimes against the environment , terrorism and fugitives (...)

07-22-2016 ■ A bus driver was beaten up and then jailed for hitting a pick-up of the Minister of Public Security’s guard on Thursday 14 July. The victim’s family is surprised by such a treatment for a mere traffic accident. “Cars collided in the roundabout opposite the former Novotel Hotel. The (...)

07-20-2016 ■ The Burundian Minister of Public Security presented a quarterly report on Burundi security situation in the afternoon of July 19th. He said that it is generally positive. Minister Bunyoni provided up-to-date information on ongoing investigations over the assassination of the late Hafsa Mossi, member the East African Legislative Assembly. (...)

07-19-2016 ■ According to testimonies, the victim is called Bède Havyarimana, he was shot dead by armed individuals in the night of 18 July around 21h. The incident occurred at Bwiza, the center of Bujumbura nearby the bar commonly called “Nyabisumo, 5th Avenue”. That armed group broke into the property and (...)

07-19-2016 ■ After the killing of the East African Legislative Assembly MP that occurred on the 13 July, Iwacu would like to inform again about this crime and the career of the former outstanding journalist and minister. By Abbas Mbazumutima, Christian Bigirimana, Fabrice Manirakiza translated by Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana, Innocent Habonimana, (...)

10-27-2015 ■ Shock, dismay, fear, and anger after the massacre of 10 people on Buye Avenue in Ngagara zone section 3, on 13th October. The people of this community talk about a police operation characterized by killings and extortion of innocent people. Translated by Diane Uwimana 3:20 p.m. Two grenade explosions (...)

10-27-2015 ■ Cankuzo through Ruyigi up to Bujumbura Rural Province … Cibitoke through Bubanza up to Makamba, people live in fear. They noted the passage of armed groups and young recruits. Some administrative confirm. Reporters from Iwacu tried to follow some tracks of these men. By Dieudonnéé Hakizimana and Abbas Mbazumutima (...)

09-25-2015 ■ It was like a thunderbolt when the news spread in the morning on Friday, 11 September. A team of men fully armed and dressed in military fatigues had ambushed the vehicle of General-Major Prime Niyongabo and his escort on the Rumonge National Road RN3. By Abbas Mbazumutima and Dieudonné (...)