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Criminalité

Bubanza : five Imbonerakure, including four brothers, sentenced to a life jail for the murder of a five-year-old

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, September 17, 2025 — The First Instance Court of Bubanza, in Bujumbura province in western Burundi, on Wednesday sentenced Daniel Murihano and his four sons, all

Criminalité

A headless body discovered in Rugombo : the population demands thorough investigations

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 16, 2025 — The macabre discovery of a headless body in Gabiro-Ruvyagira village, in the district of Cibitoke (Bujumbura province, western Burundi), plunges the population

Politic

Burunga : a UPRONA official and his family victims of a punitive expedition

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 16, 2025 – In Burunga province, southern Burundi, a local UPRONA official and his family were violently attacked. This incident once again illustrates the political

Criminalité

Burundi : YouTuber Dieudonné Niyukuri and four others kidnapped by intelligence

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 16, 2025 – Dieudonné Niyukuri, a well-known Burundian YouTuber critical of the government, and four other people, including a Rwandan driver, have reportedly been detained

Refugees

Malawi : a Burundian refugee beaten nearly to death amid election fever

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, September 16, 2025 — The violence that marred the September 16 general elections in Malawi hit refugees hard. In Lilongwe, a Burundian living in Dzaleka camp

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Photo of the week-Rumonge : an angry crowd besieges the prosecutor’s office to release their village chief

A high tension prevailed last Thursday in the town center of Rumonge district. Dozens of residents of Mwange village, in Burunga Province, southern Burundi, besieged the prosecutor’s office to demand

Governance

Ngozi : prolonged power outages paralyze businesses and worsen insecurity in the north

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, September 15, 2025 – In the Kirundo, Ngozi, and Kayanza regions, power outages are seriously disrupting daily life and economic activities. At Regideso, the only state-owned

Refugees

Kavumu (Cankuzo) : Congolese refugees deprived of essential medical care in Burundi’s largest camp

SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, September 15, 2025 – Kavumu camp, located in the Cankuzo region of Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, hosts more than 20,000 Congolese refugees and is the

Society

Bururi : a Pentecostal ordination amidst fervor, tensions, and political issues

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, September 15, 2025 – The ordination of Pastor Eliachim Nirikana as head of the Kiremba Sud Pentecostal Mission, in the Bururi district of Burunga province, was

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Picha ya wiki: umati wenye hasira wazingira Ofisi ya Mwendesha Mashtaka kutaka Mkuu wake wa kilima aachiliwe.

Mvutano ulizuka Alhamisi katika mji mkuu wa tarafa ya Rumonge. Makumi ya wakazi wa kilima cha Mwange , katika Mkoa wa Burunga, kusini mwa Burundi, walizingira ofisi ya mwendesha mashtaka