<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2025-10-08"><sanctions-program ssid="25" version-date="2025-10-06" predecessor-version-date="2025-09-24"><program-key lang="eng">Burundi</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Burundi</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Burundi</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Burundi</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 4 December 2015 on measures against Burundi (SR 946.231.121.8), annex</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 4. Dezember 2015 über Massnahmen gegenüber Burundi (SR 946.231.121.8), Anhang</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 4 décembre 2015 instituant des mesures à l’encontre du Burundi (RS 946.231.121.8), annexe</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 4 dicembre 2015 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti del Burundi (RS 946.231.121.8), allegato</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="32654" lang="eng">art. 1, para. 1 let. a (Financial sanctions)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="32654" lang="ger">Art. 1 Abs. 1 Bst. a (Finanzsanktionen)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="32654" lang="fre">art. 1, al. 1 let. a (Sanctions financières)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="32654" lang="ita">art. 1 cpv. 1 lett. a (Sanzioni finanziarie)</sanctions-set><origin>EU</origin></sanctions-program><target ssid="32672"><sanctions-set-id>32654</sanctions-set-id><individual><identity ssid="32674" main="true"><name ssid="40009" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="given-name"><value>Mathias-Joseph</value></name-part><name-part order="2" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Niyonzima</value></name-part></name><name ssid="32678" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Kazungu</value></name-part></name><day-month-year ssid="39792" day="6" month="3" year="1956" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/><day-month-year ssid="39793" day="2" month="1" year="1967" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/><place-of-birth ssid="39794" place-id="39789" quality="good"/><identification-document ssid="39796" document-type="passport"><number>OP0053090</number><issuer code="BI">Burundi</issuer></identification-document></identity><justification ssid="41039">Officer of the National Intelligence Service. Responsible for obstructing the search for a political solution in Burundi by inciting violence and acts of repression during the demonstrations that started on 26 Apr 2015 following the announcement of the presidential candidacy of President Nkurunziza. Responsible for helping to train, coordinate and arm the Imbonerakure paramilitary militias, including outside Burundi, who are responsible for acts of violence, repression and serious human rights abuses in Burundi.</justification><other-information ssid="39791">Registration number (SNR): O/00064</other-information></individual><modification modification-type="de-listed" enactment-date="2025-10-06" publication-date="2025-10-07" effective-date="2025-10-08"/></target><place ssid="39789"><location>Kanyosha Commune, Mubimbi</location><area>Bujumbura-Rural Province</area><country iso-code="BI">Burundi</country></place></swiss-sanctions-list>