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Governance

Burundi : the weight of corruption and privileges in overcrowded prisons

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 24, 2025 — Beyond overcrowding, Burundian prisons are plagued by a system of corruption tolerated by the authorities.Buy peace of mind or suffer the beatings

Governance

Burundi : miserable salaries starve civil servants and paralyze the country

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 24, 2025 — In Burundi, exhausted and underpaid civil servants are denouncing derisory salaries that prevent them from meeting basic needs, weakening public services and

Criminalité

Two lifeless bodies discovered in Zege and Kiremba : the population of Gitega demands the truth

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 24, 2025 —Two mysterious deaths were recorded on Thursday in the district and province of Gitega, in the center of the country. Residents of Zege

Refugees

Nduta (Tanzania) : an “Imbonerakure” recognized and arrested by refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta (Tanzania), October 24, 2025 —Tensions peaked Wednesday evening at the Nduta refugee camp in northwestern Tanzania, when a man identified as a member of the CNDD-FDD

Criminalité

Cibitoke : the district police commissioner accused of extorting motorcycle riders

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, October 23, 2025 —In Rugombo, in the Cibitoke district in northwest Burundi, tensions are rising between motorcycle riders and the district police commissioner, Jechonias Ntirampeba. Several

Refugees

Musenyi : the Musongati administration wants to restore order and strengthen transparency at the refugee site

SOS Médias Burundi Musongati, October 23, 2025 — Claudine Niyoyitungira, administrator of Musongati district in Burunga province, southern Burundi, conducted a field visit on Wednesday to the Musenyi refugee site,

Governance

Rumonge : four tax collectors arrested for embezzlement

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 23, 2025 — Four tax collectors from the district of Rumonge, in Burunga province in southern Burundi, were arrested on Monday, October 20, by the

DRC En

South Kivu : the Banyamulenge GAKONDO coalition alerts Washington to an “extermination campaign” carried out with the support of Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, October 23, 2025 – The global GAKONDO coalition, a group of Banyamulenge community organizations, sent an urgent letter to Massad Fares Boulos, Senior Advisor to the

Society

Bujumbura : At the Oasis orphanage in Gihosha, children exposed to inadequate care

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 22, 2025 – The Oasis orphanage, located in Gihosha, near the Marian Shrine of Schoenstatt – Mont Sion Gikungu, in the north of the commercial

DRC En

Uvira : the Congolese army changes the command as fighting intensifies

SOS Médias Burundi – Uvira, October 22, 2025 – Faced with escalating clashes between the FARDC and the M23 rebel movement in several territories of South Kivu, Kinshasa has reshuffled