Commune of Bugarama

Bugarama is a commune of Rumonge Province in Burundi.

Between August 23 and 24, 2020, militants from RED-Tabara attacked the city of Bugarama, Burundi, resulting in the death of eleven civilians and five militants.

Several RED-Tabara militants, including the commander of the Bugarama attack, were arrested in Rwanda on September 29.

They claimed that the Bugarama attack was against Burundian forces and Imbonerakure.

[3] In December 2023 heavy rains flooded hundreds of hectares of crop fields and caused landslides in the communes of Bugarama and Muhuta.