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Gitega : public services paralyzed by the CNDD-FDD election campaign

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 17, 2025 – While the election campaign is in full swing in Gitega, Burundi’s political capital, the public administration is running at a standstill. The

Economy

Election campaign : state resources at the service of the CNDD-FDD

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, May 15, 2025 – On Wednesday, the district of Kiremba, in Butanyerera province (northern Burundi), hosted a major rally of the ruling CNDD-FDD party, marked by

Criminalité

Bukavu : strategic meeting between Congolese and Burundian military leaders

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, May 15, 2025 — A high-level meeting was held on Wednesday in the city of Uvira, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, between the chiefs

Politic

Burunga : blockade in Musongati, the CDP denounces restrictions on political freedom

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, May 15, 2025 – New political tension in Burundi. On Thursday, in the midst of the election campaign, members of the Congress for Democracy and Progress

Security

Mahama : the killer hippopotamus strikes again, two Burundian refugees dead

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama (Rwanda), May 15, 2025 — Two Burundian refugees, a man in his sixties and a 22-year-old pupil, recently lost their lives in separate attacks perpetrated by

Criminalité

Karusi : 20 years in jail for the murder of a mother

SOS Médias Burundi Karusi, May 15, 2025 — The First Instance Court of Karusi (central-eastern Burundi) sentenced Nestor Ndayikengurutse on Wednesday, May 14, to 20 years in prison for the

Criminalité

Two corpses in uniform discovered Rusizi riverbanks : mystery and concerns in Cibitoke

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, 16 May 2025- Two former Congolese military uniform corpses were discovered on 15 May at the end of April in the Rusiga village, in the Rugombo

Médias

2025 elections in Burundi : private media concerned after the CNC’s publication of coverage rules

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 14, 2025 – The National Communication Council (CNC) published a decision on May 13 governing media coverage of the election campaign for the legislative and

Politic

Legislative and district elections : when the colors of the power impose their power on shopkeepers

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 14, 2025 – As the legislative and local elections approach in Burundi, signs of allegiance to the ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, are invading public and

Politic

Rumonge : the central market closed to force the collection of voter registration cards

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, May 14, 2025 – On Wednesday morning, gates of the central market in Rumonge (southwestern Burundi) remained closed for several hours, on the orders of local