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Governance

Butanyerera : coffee sold at a loss, producers warn

SOS Médias Burundi Butanyerera, October 3, 2025 — In the new province of Butanyerera, formed from the former provinces of Kayanza and Ngozi, among others, coffee growers are sounding the

Governance

Burundi : alleged embezzlement of 500 million at the National Post Office – two agents arrested, one on the run

SOS Médias Burundi Muramvya, October 3, 2025 — Two agents of the National Post Office (RNP) were arrested and imprisoned in Muramvya, in Gitega province (central Burundi), while a third

Refugees

Buhumuza : hygiene and cooking in crisis in the Congolese refugee camp

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, October 2 – For nearly three months, refugees in the Kinama camp have been facing a persistent shortage of soap, an essential product for daily hygiene.

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : an imposed curfew raises questions

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, October 2, 2025 – A curfew has been imposed at the Nakivale refugee camp in southwest Uganda, home to more than 150,000 refugees, including more than

Politic

The First Vice-President of the Senate urges the Governor to take action on the chalk shortage

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 2, 2025 – Since the start of the 2025-2026 school year, which opened on September 15, all basic schools in the district of Gitega, including

Governance

Burundi : the triple crisis of fuel, electricity, and water is suffocating residents, businesses, and schools

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 2, 2025 – For nearly five years, fuel has been in short supply across the small east African nation. Added to this are power outages

Criminalité

Burundi – Cibitoke : farmers evicted under pretext of links to the M23

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, October 1, 2025 – Since September 21, more than a hundred farming families from the Kaboya and Mbaza sub-villages, Rukana village, in the Rugombo zone, Cibitoke

Criminalité

DRC : Joseph Kabila sentenced to death by a military court

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 1, 2025 – Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, September 30, by the Kinshasa High

Refugees

Tanzania : hard blow for Burundian refugees, schools and churches closed in Nyarugusu and Nduta

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, October 1, 2025 – The 2025-2026 school year begins in uncertainty for thousands of Burundian refugee children in Tanzania. Since Monday, more than ten schools, including

Society

Buhumuza – scandal : a stillborn child disappears at Ruyigi hospital

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, October 1, 2025 – On the night of September 21, a couple lost their first child, stillborn in the maternity ward of Ruyigi District Hospital, in