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Security

Bubanza : street children left to a life of survival and insecurity

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, August 18, 2025 – In several urban centers in Burundi, children left to fend for themselves are increasingly visible. Abandoned, orphaned, or fleeing family poverty, they

Refugees

Rwanda : Mahama wins the inter-refugee camp tournament

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, August 18, 2025 – From August 11 to 17, the Mahama refugee camp in eastern Rwanda hosted the inter-camp tournament, bringing together teams from all refugee

Criminalité

Gitega : a 65-year-old man brutally killed in Mubuga village

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 18, 2025 – A bloody tragedy rocked Mubuga village, in the district and province of Gitega (central Burundi), on the night of Sunday, August 17.

Security

Burunga : search of the home of police colonel Moïse Arakaza, alias Nyeganyega

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, August 18, 2025 – A new episode has been added to the case of police colonel Moïse Arakaza, nicknamed Nyeganyega, who is prosecuted for undermining the

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Gatumba massacre : an endless mourning for the Banyamulenge

Twenty-one years after the Gatumba massacre, the pain remains raw and the thirst for justice undiminished. On Wednesday, the Banyamulenge community around the world commemorated this tragedy of August 13,

Economy

Price increase for Brarudi products : ABUCO calls on the government

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 16, 2025 – The Burundi Brewery Company (Brarudi) announced, in a press release published on August 12, a significant price increase for its products, effective

Governance

Kirundo : the morgue out of service, hasty burials for the deceased

SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, August 16, 2025 – The morgue at Kirundo Hospital, in Butanyerera Province (northern Burundi), remained out of service for almost a week, plunging families and medical

Economy

Bururi : an extended Lumitel outage, slowdown in operations

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, August 16, 2025 – Since Tuesday, August 12, the Lumitel network has been out of service in the town of Bururi, in Burunga province, in southern

Human Rights

Burundi : the National Communication Council suspends the private media synergy on a 56-month fuel shortage

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 16, 2025 – The National Communication Council (CNC) suspended on Thursday the private media synergy planned by several radio stations and newspapers in the country,

Justice En

Burundi : former Hutu rebel leader Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye arrested in a fuel trafficking case

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 16, 2025 – Former Hutu rebel leader Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, exiled for challenging Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term and returning to the country in 2021, was