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Social crisis in Burunga : Batwa demand more aid to save schools and families’ survival
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 13, 2025 – In Burunga province, southern Burundi, poverty is hitting Batwa families hard : children are dropping out of school and mothers are turning
Back to school – parents strangled by soaring prices
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 13, 2025 – With the start of the school year scheduled for Monday, September 15, anxiety is growing in Gitega households : the soaring prices
Uvira : a high-level government delegation faces a bloody protest against General Gasita
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 12, 2025 — A large delegation from the Congolese government, led by the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Territorial Administration, and Customary Affairs, Jacquemain Shabani
Uvira : General Daniel Mwaku dies following a sudden illness
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, September 12, 2025 — Brigadier General Daniel Mwaku, commander of the 33rd Military Region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, died on Friday in Uvira, following
Bujumbura : the 2025 school year weighed down by inflation and stagnant wages
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 12, 2025 – With the start of the school year scheduled for September 15 in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, Burundian families are experiencing
Mpanda : a husband seriously injures his wife, the court calls for action
SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, September 12, 2025 — A violent domestic dispute turned tragic on Tuesday, September 9, in Rugunga village, Mudubugu Zone, in Mpanda district, Bujumbura province, western Burundi.
Rumonge : an angry crowd besieges the prosecutor’s office to demand the release of its village chief
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 12, 2025 — Tensions erupted on Thursday in the town center of Rumonge district. Dozens of residents of Mwange village, in Burunga Province, southern Burundi,
In Ngagara, a new body dumped in a bag raises concern
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – One month after a first gruesome discovery, a new body was found on Wednesday in Ngagara, confirming fears of growing insecurity in
Serial violence in Gasorwe : one family wiped out, another hit by flames
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, September 11, 2025 – A night of horror rocked the former district of Gasorwe, now part of Muyinga, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi. Three members of
Bujumbura : breastfeeding mothers face transportation obstacles
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – While the World Breastfeeding Week emphasizes the importance of exclusively breastfeeding one’s child for six months, many mothers in Bujumbura struggle to