04-09-2018 ■ Since Sunday, April 1, more than 2500 followers of the “prophetess” Eusébie Ngendakumana, called “Zebiya”, have got back home. They are happy to meet their families again but remain stuck to their cult that was born in Businde (Kayanza province). They were numerous and of a different age. Old (...)

04-03-2018 ■ Two people were killed and 14 others wounded in a grenade attack that occurred in the night of 1 April, in a bar on Rugari-Gitamo hill, known as Ceru in Gitega Commune, in Gitega Central province. Sources on the ground report that several people were sharing a drink when (...)

03-09-2018 ■ About 2500 Burundian asylum seekers who were grouped in Kamanyola camp in south Kivu, DRC, went to Rwanda since 7 March. Dionyse Nyandwi, their spokesperson says they expect to find a peaceful place to live in. “We were persecuted by our Congolese neighbors and we think that we will (...)

02-27-2018 ■ A grenade was thrown on the main road commonly called ‘Kurya Kanyoni’ crossing Cibitoke Zone, north of the Burundian capital in the night of 25 February. On-site sources say three people were seriously wounded while one victim was slightly injured. The police and local administration say only three people (...)

02-08-2018 ■ At least 20 people have been arrested for investigations following an attack that took place at a truck depot in the North East of Bujumbura city this Tuesday 06 February, 2018 at around 8:20 p.m. “I was in this bar when I heard a strange sound .In few minutes, (...)

09-29-2017 ■ During the public conference the spokespersons of the government and other institutions have held on 29 September in Ngozi province, the Army spokesperson says there has not been any attack perpetrated in Gatumba locality, west of Bujumbura province. Two soldiers died on the spot in the attack perpetrated last (...)

09-14-2017 ■ A group of armed men broke into the compound of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Burundi. The police say investigations are under way to identify the criminals. A group of armed men invaded the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human (...)

08-21-2017 ■ At least six bodies were discovered in different parts of Burundi over the past week. Some people have been arrested for investigative reasons. On 20 August, a dead body was discovered on Gitongo hill of Mutaho Commune in Gitega central province. Rogatien Gahungu, the victim, was the bicycle taxi (...)

08-18-2017 ■ A grenade attack in Bujumbura killed one person and injured 29 others yesterday evening in Buyenzi, central Bujumbura. The police arrested three suspects for investigation. On Thursday 17 August at around 8 pm, unknown assailants threw one grenade at each of two traditional bars selling banana wine on the (...)

08-16-2017 ■ The Governor of Bubanza ran into an ambush staged by unidentified armed people in the evening of Tuesday 15 August. The incident took place in Gihanga Commune along Bujumbura-Cibitoke road, in the west of Burundi. Police say no one was killed or injured in the attack. Gunfire was heard (...)