Alert: A CNIDH Employee Reported Missing in Bujumbura
An employee of the Commission Nationale Indépendante des Droits de l’Homme (CNIDH) has remained unaccounted for since the morning of February 25, 2026, raising serious concern among her family and colleagues. The person concerned is Chadia MUKAREMERA, 47 years old. Originally from Burambira hill, Gashoho commune, Muyinga province (currently part of Buhumuza province), she currently […]
Alarming Disappearance of CUBWA Eric in Nyanza
A citizen missing since his arrest by intelligence agents The population of Nyanza commune, in Burunga province, has had no news of CUBWA Eric, also known as Ruwaruwa, since his arrest on the evening of Sunday, February 22, 2026. Aged 50, married and father of 15 children, CUBWA Eric lives on Bukeye hill in Nyanza […]
Humanitarian Alert No. 3: Critical Situation of Congolese Refugees in Burundi
The human rights organizations Ligue Iteka and King Umurundi Freedom, as part of the UMUSEKE program, warn of the alarming humanitarian situation of Congolese refugees, particularly those at the Busuma site (Ruyigi). In less than three months, over 700 refugees, mostly children, are reported to have died due to extremely precarious living conditions, including famine, […]
Man Brutally Murdered: Community Demands Swift Investigation
A man identified as CIZA, 48 years old, was brutally murdered on Nyempundu Hill, in Mugina commune, formerly part of Cibitoke province, now attached to Bujumbura province following the new administrative division. The victim’s lifeless body was discovered on Thursday, February 19, 2026, lying in a ravine below the road that crosses this hill. According […]
Persistent violence by the Imbonerakure: a 15-year-old girl murdered in Kirama after being raped.
The hill of Kirama, in the Mudende zone (Rumonge commune, Burunga province), is in shock after the murder of IRANKUNDA Estella, 15, a 6th grade student at Sambwe Primary School. The girl was found lifeless in a forest near her home, where she had gone to look for firewood with two other children. 🔶 The […]
Young Miner Shot Dead by a Police Officer Acting on Orders of an Imbonerakure, Community Refuses Burial and Demands Justice
Kayanza, February 5, 2026 – A shocking and serious incident occurred at a mining site on Munege Hill, in the former Kabarore Commune (now Kayanza Commune), Butanyerera Province, where a 22-year-old civilian was shot dead by a police officer allegedly acting under the direct orders of an Imbonerakure. Outraged by what they describe as a […]
🔴 Alert: Alarming Degradation of Protection for Burundian Asylum Seekers in Uganda
The Refugee Rights Action Organization (RRAO) alerts the national and international public to the serious and concerning deterioration in the level of protection afforded to Burundian asylum seekers in Uganda, following a recent accelerated refugee status determination process conducted in Kampala. In an official declaration by this refugee rights organization, signed by Libérat NDAYISHIMIYE, Executive […]
More Than Two Weeks Without News: GAHUNGU Thadée Remains Missing After His Enforced Disappearance.
It has now been more than two weeks since GAHUNGU Thadée disappeared, without his family or the public knowing where he is or why he was taken by agents of the intelligence services. Today, we return to this case of enforced disappearance—about which we had already issued a public alert (link …)—in light of new […]
Buhumuza in Shock: Family Decimated by Grenade Attacks.
Imbonerakure launched a grenade into a home, killing a family member. The province of Buhumuza (eastern Burundi) is reeling after a series of exceptionally violent attacks targeting the same family on Bihogo hill, in the Gasorwe zone, Muyinga commune. Two grenade attacks, just three days apart, claimed the life of a mother and left an […]
Brutal killing of a civilian by Imbonerakure-Tragic death of NIBIZI Selapiyo.
This crime represents an extreme act of violence and highlights, once again, the alarming failure of justice in Burundi. NIBIZI Selapiyo was a civilian from Mihiza Hill, Kiramira Zone, Rugombo Commune, Cibitoke Province (under the former administrative structure), currently within Bujumbura Province. He was 47 years old, married, and leaves behind a wife and four […]