Kamwe Kamwe: Inside Burundi’s Killing Machine - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:47:13 +0000

Former Burundian intelligence agents say that the country’s security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent. Using cutting edge reconstruction techniques #BBCAfricaEye examines one house in particular, which was filmed in a video posted on social media in 2016. A red liquid, which looked like blood, was seen pouring from its gutter.

We ask: has Burundi’s repression of opponents now gone underground? The government has always denied any human rights violations, and declined to comment for this report.

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Produced and directed by Charlotte Attwood and Maud Jullien
Edited by Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Spatial reconstruction and Situated Testimony: Forensic Architecture
Motion Graphics: Tom Flannery

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