Archive
Gitega province under tension : two more bodies found, around fifteen victims since October
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 17, 2025 — Gitega province has been struck by a disturbing series of macabre events. At the end of the weekend, two young men were
Photo of the week – Bujumbura faces a critical lack of public latrines : residents denounce a fine deemed unfair
A new government measure sparks anger among residents of the commercial capital. Since the publication of a joint decree by the Ministers of Finance and the Interior, dated October 9,
UnfilteredBrush : “targets locked… fire at will!”
In a country where even eagles seem to have official badges, the President, clinging to his slingshot power like a Sunday archer, has identified his new “targets” : civil society
Bubanza : a strategic mining site brings down two officials in one week
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 16, 2025 – Two days after the dismissal of the Bubanza district administrator on October 31, the provincial police commissioner, Épitace Gitamira, was also suspended
Dzaleka (Malawi) : three months without assistance for refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, November 16, 2025 – Refugees in the Dzaleka camp, Malawi, are denouncing the lack of cash assistance for three months, which is causing serious social and
Gitega : a septuagenarian found with h8s throat slit in Rutegama, a land dispute suspected
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 16, 2025 – The once relatively calm province of Gitega appears to be spiraling into violence. Around ten bodies have been found since last October,
Burundi : arbitrary arrests and unjustified detentions of Congolese, the justice system under scrutiny
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, November 15, 2025 — Jean-Pierre Kagalanu, Yohana Munga, Omar Byamungu, Louis Ombeni Banyanga, Gafarasi Kimanuka Bisongo, Claude Ndungutse, Jean-Paul Mbonimpa, Tantine Nyakumi, Brigitte Kabulo Mukamba… these
Buheka in shock : a series of tragedies shakes the entire village
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, November 15, 2025 — Buheka village, in the district of Nyanza, in the province of Burunga in the south of the small east African nation, is
Gitega : a second woman’s body found, the population demands thorough investigations
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 15, 2025 — Hardly a day goes by without a body being found in Gitega province, described by several local analysts as a “cemetery province.”
Burundi : a violent explosion disrupts President Ndayishimiye’s visit to a gold mining cooperative in Mugina
SOS Médias Burundi Mugina, November 15, 2025 — A powerful explosion, described by witnesses as a lightning strike, caused panic on Friday during a visit by Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye