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Economy

Burundi : the Prime Minister calls for local consumption to preserve foreign currencies

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 8, 2025 — Faced with the scarcity of foreign currencies and the continued depreciation of the Burundi franc, the Burundian government is calling for a

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi) : three Burundian refugees kidnapped

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka (Malawi), October 8, 2025 — Three Burundian refugees, two men and a woman, were kidnapped during the night from Saturday to Sunday near the Dzaleka camp

Criminalité

Cibitoke : new gruesome discoveries, the population demands justice

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, October 8, 2025 — Two men were found dead Tuesday morning in the villages of Ndava-Village and Ruhagarika, in the district of Bukinanyana, Bujumbura province. These

Criminalité

Rumonge – A young woman found decapitated in Mutambara : her husband actively sought

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 8, 2025 — The lifeless body of Evelyne Mukamariza, 20 years old, was discovered Tuesday morning in her home in Mutambara village, in Rumonge district

Criminalité

Kayanza : a young girl suspected of killing her newborn placed in detention

SOS Médias Burundi Kayanza, October 7, 2025 — A young girl from Kavumu village, Murima zone, Kayanza district, in Butanyerera province, northern Burundi, was arrested and hospitalized under police guard

Human Rights

Ngozi : journalist Sandra Muhoza back in court, her lawyers demand her provisional release

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, October 7, 2025 — After more than a year in detention, journalist Sandra Muhoza, correspondent of the independent media outlet La Nova Burundi, appeared on Tuesday

Human Rights

The term of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi renewed

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 7, 2025 — The United Nations Human Rights Council has decided to extend for one year the term of Fortuné Gaétan Zongo, UN Special Rapporteur

DRC En

DRC : Catholic bishops oppose the death penalty imposed on Joseph Kabila

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 7, 2025 – The death sentence imposed on former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, by the High Military Court in

Health

Ruyigi : two cases of Mpox detected in the Nyankanda refugee camp

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, October 6, 2025 – The apparent calm of the Congolese refugee camp of Nyankanda, located in the district of Ruyigi, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, was

Criminalité

Burundi : a 76-year-old man sentenced to a life jail despite lack of evidence in a rape case

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 6, 2025 – Lazare Safari, a disabled man in his seventies, has been detained since 2021 in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as Mpimba, after being