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Gisuru : 32 Batwa households dispossessed of their land in Ndemeka

SOS Médias Burundi Gisuru, October 30, 2025 — Thirty-two households from the Batwa community of Kanyabuyenzi village, Ndemeka zone, in Gisuru district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, are denouncing the dispossession

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Minembwe : protest against the Burundian army

Thousands of residents of Minembwe, in the Fizi territory, took to the streets on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, to denounce the blocking of their commercial access routes by Burundian soldiers

DRC En

South Kivu : Colonel Fureko, member of the Banyamulenge community and Wazalendo officer arrested, accused of links with the M23

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, November 10, 2025 – Colonel Fureko, a member of the Banyamulenge community and an officer recently integrated into the local Wazalendo militias, supported by the Congolese

Criminalité

Gitega : two Men found hanged within three days, fear takes hold

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 10, 2025 – The province of Gitega, home to Burundi’s political capital, has once again been shaken by two gruesome discoveries made three days apart.

Human Rights

Gitega : a controversial legal case closes for Green Hills pupils

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 9, 2025 – All 25 pupils from Green Hills International College in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, arrested in late October in a disciplinary

Criminalité

Gishubi : a woman’s body discovered in the Mucunda River, residents suspect murder

SOS Médias Burundi Gishubi, November 9, 2025 — A tragedy has shaken the district of Gishubi, in Gitega province, central Burundi. The lifeless body of 52-year-old Donavine Nibizi was discovered

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia) : a new official gives hope to refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, November 9, 2025 – The Zambian Ministry of the Interior has appointed a new official to manage the Meheba camp. Her first meeting with refugees’ leaders

Criminalité

Two women arrested in Rumonge in a land dispute : the defense denounces “judicial harassment”

SOS Médias BurundiRumonge, November 9, 2025 – Yolande Nduwimana and Mariane Nininahazwe have been detained since November 2, 2025, in the Rumonge police station in Burunga province, southern Burundi. They

Health

Burunga : free healthcare turns into crisis

SOS Mêdias Burundi Burunga, November 7, 2025 – In Burunga province, southern Burundi, hospitals and health centers are suffocating. Promises of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five

Governance

Matongo : President Ndayishimiye insults Faustin Ndikumana and compares him to enemies of God

SOS Médias Burundi Matongo, November 7, 2025 — President Évariste Ndayishimiye has once again crossed the line. In the district of Matongo, in the province of Butanyerera in the north