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Bujumbura : when rent becomes a headache for families and newlyweds
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 19, 2025 – In Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, where United Nations agencies and the central government are concentrated, finding a house to rent
Burundi Red Cross Society’s alarm call : Katiyunguruza calls for the reopening of borders with Rwanda
SOS Médias Burundi, Butanyerera, September 19, 2025 – On the International First Aid Day, the Burundi Red Cross Society launched an urgent appeal for the reopening of the borders with
Burunga : a scandal surrounds the teacher recruitment
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 19, 2025 – In Burunga, in the south of the small east African nation, many voices are denouncing serious irregularities during recent teacher recruitment tests.
Bururi : drinking water shortage in Rutovu, residents sound the alarm
SOS Médias Burundi Rutovu, September 19, 2025 – The population of Rutovu, in the Bururi district, Burunga province in southern Burundi, is sounding the alarm about a drinking water shortage
Mahama camp : the distress of children turns into suicides
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, September 18, 2025 – In the last three months, five suicide cases, several involving children, have been recorded in Mahama camp in eastern Rwanda. Most are
Ferdinand Nyabenda, fell to the front in DRC : his family demands justice and dignified funerals
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 18, 2025 – Three months after the death of their father on the front in the DRC, the family of Ferdinand Nyabenda, nicknamed Bikora, still
Conflict in the DRC : the specter of flat embrace on Western Burundi
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 18, 2025 – In western Burundi, borders are under high tension. The M23, a former Tutsi rebellion active in the DRC since 2021, is making
Cholera epidemic : 226 cases registered in northwestern Burundi, MSF comes to the rescue
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 18, 2025 – Since the beginning of September, 226 cases of cholera have been recorded in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana, in Bujumbura province
Refugee camps : when school becomes a daily challenge
SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, September 17, 2025 — On Monday, September 15, refugee pupils living in Burundi’s refugee camps began the 2025-2026 school year. The start of the school year
Power outages : local radio stations suffocate in the dark
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 17, 2025 — Burundian local radio stations are going through an unprecedented crisis. Power outages, which have become almost daily, cripple studios, interrupt shows and