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Burundi : the 2025-2030 National Assembly entirely dominated by the CNDD-FDD

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 11, 2025 – Burundi is entering an unprecedented legislative term. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced on Wednesday that all 100 deputies elected in

Refugees

Terror at Nakivale camp : hunted albinos, a mother and her children mysteriously disappear

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, June 10, 2025 – At the Nakivale refugee camp, located in the Isingiro district of southwest Uganda, the albino community is experiencing a growing climate of

Criminalité

Burundi : in Cibitoke, armed Imbonerakure sowed electoral fear

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 10, 2025 – Investigation. In Cibitoke (northwestern Burundi), in the days leading up to the June 5 elections, weapons were discreetly distributed to the Imbonerakure.

Society

Rango : Batwa pupils between school and daily survival

SOS Médias Burundi Rango, June 15, 2025 – In Rango dstrict, in Kayanza province in northern Burundi, children from the Batwa community are struggling to continue their education. Trapped in

Society

Lake Tanganyika : more than a lake, a life threatened by inaction

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 10, 2025 – Lake Tanganyika, one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, benefits from exemplary cooperation between Burundi, the DRC, Tanzania, and Zambia through the

Criminalité

Gitega : suspicious deaths continue, mob justice causes concern

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 9, 2025 – Corpses are multiplying, suspicions are growing, and fear is spreading to the villages and neighborhoods of Gitega (central Burundi). Faced with a

Criminalité

Rumonge in shock after the murder of a young fisherman : investigations are ongoing

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 9, 2025 — A lifeless body was discovered on Monday morning in the Swahili neighborhood, in the heart of the city of Rumonge, in southwest

Refugees

Tanzania : hundreds of Burundians arrested, thirteen children jailed for demanding their wages

SOS Médias Burundi Nyamisivya, June 9, 2025 — Since February 28, thirteen Burundian teenagers have been languishing in Nyamisivya prison, in northwest Tanzania. Their “crime” : having dared to demand

Politic

Photo of the week : journalists struggle to leave Bujumbura to cover elections

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 9, 2025 — Last Wednesday, June 4, 2025, on the eve of the June 5 legislative and district elections, several Burundian journalists were still stranded

Politic

Bujumbura: a chaotic results collection, the opposition calls for rerun of polls

Bujumbura, June 8, 2025 — Following the legislative and district elections of June 5, the new province of Bujumbura (western Burundi) has been rocked by a series of disturbing revelations