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Burundi, a small country in East Africa's Great Lakes region, found itself the center of international scrutiny in 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his candidacy for a third term, allegedly breaching the constitution. This sparked significant protests across the capital, Bujumbura, which quickly turned violent, inciting a brutal crackdown from the government. The unrest led to hundreds of deaths and widespread repression against independent media. Notably, foreign journalists, including those from the BBC, were systematically barred from the country. In response, BBC Africa Eye turned to social media imagery to piece together a narrative of the ongoing violence, revealing troubling documentation of state-sponsored violence contrary to the government's public portrayal of stability.