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Shock at the Mwaro military camp : Wazalendo militiamen buy and eat dogs after the fall of Uvira
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, December 17, 2025 – Following the fall of Uvira, located a few kilometers from Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital and home to UN agencies and the central
Burundi : cholera outbreak among Congolese refugees, forced return to transit sites, and fears of armed infiltration
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 17, 2025 – A cholera outbreak has affected Congolese refugees living in Burundi, while authorities have ordered the return of all displaced Congolese to transit
DRC : AFC/M23 surprise withdrawal from Uvira – Kinshasa cries maneuver and demands evidence
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 18, 2025 – The withdrawal of M23 rebels from Uvira has been underway since Wednesday evening, according to local sources contacted by SOS Médias Burundi.
Cibitoke : four bodies in FARDC military uniforms discovered near the Rusizi River
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, December 18, 2025 – Four bodies in an advanced state of decomposition, dressed in military uniforms of the FARDC, the Congolese loyalist army, were discovered on
Mahama mourns Léonard Ngendakumana, refugee advocate and iconic coach
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, December 18, 2025 – A Burundian refugee since the 2015 crisis, triggered by the controversial third term of the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, Léonard Ngendakumana, originally
Uvira : M23 facilitates the return of stranded Burundians
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 15, 2025 – Stranded in Uvira since the M23 seized the city on the night of December 9-10, 2025, Burundian workers and refugees have been
Burundi : Congolese refugees under suspicion and increased security pressure
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 15, 2025 – As refugee arrivals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue, numerous accounts gathered in the provinces of Bujumbura (west), Burunga (south),
Photo of the week-Rumonge : Congolese refugees banned from renting houses outside the reception site
In Burunga province, southern Burundi, the district authorities of Rumonge, a port town, have decided to prohibit recently arrived Congolese refugees from renting houses outside the Mutambara emergency reception site.
DRC–South Kivu : under US pressure, the AFC/M23 announces a conditional withdrawal from Uvira
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 16, 2025 – Less than a week after the fall of Uvira to the M23, the Congo River Alliance/M23 (AFC/M23) has announced a unilateral but
Accused of making statements favorable to the M23, a Rumonge district official is being hunted by security services
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, December 15, 2025 — Since December 13, 2025, Augustin Hakizimana, a district official recently assigned to the communications department of the Rumonge district in Burunga province,