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Environment

Gitega : women innovate for a cleaner environment through recycling

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 24, 2025 – In Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, a group of women with degrees in soil and environmental sciences are transforming their knowledge

Society

Grim confusion : a body exchanged between two families at Karusi hospital

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, September 23, 2025 – In Karusi, in Gitega province, central Burundi, an identification error in the morgue of the “Twese Turashoboye” hospital led to a dramatic

DRC En

South Kivu : the strategic town of Nzibira falls into the hands of the M23, Kindu and Kisangani in the crosshairs

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 23, 2025 – The mining town of Nzibira, in the Walungu territory of South Kivu, fell under the control of the M23 rebels on Sunday,

Criminalité

Burunga : the body of a teenage girl found in disturbing circumstances in Mahwa

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 23, 2025 – A teenage girl of approximately 15 years of age was found dead on Saturday, September 20, along National Road 16, in the

Éducation

FSTE loan : fleeing teachers leave more than 250 million Burundi francs unpaid

SOS Médias Burundi, Bujumbura, September 23, 2025 – Several primary and secondary school teachers, particularly in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi and in Rumonge district (Burunga province in the south),

Refugees

Buhumuza: end of Merankabandi, two years of cash transfers that transformed the lives of refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, September 22, 2025 – The program Merankabandi, a joint initiative of the Burundian government, the World Bank, and the World Food Program (WFP), has concluded in

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Cholera epidemic : 226 cases registered in northwestern Burundi, MSF comes to the rescue

Since the beginning of September, 226 cases of cholera have been recorded in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana, in Bujumbura province in western Burundi. Overwhelmed, treatment centers are now

Society

Bujumbura : drinking water shortage worries the population

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 22, 2025 – The city of Bujumbura, the commercial and main capital of the small east African nation, where all United Nations agencies and the

Criminalité

Bukinanyana : a man in his sixties castrated by his wife for infidelity

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 22, 2025 – On the night of September 21-22, a domestic tragedy rocked Kibati village, in Bukinanyana district, Bujumbura province, in the west of the

Refugees

Nakivale : football unites refugees despite political divides

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, September 21, 2025 – The Nakivale Football Association has launched an inter-team tournament in the refugee camp, located in southwest Uganda. The objective : combating juvenile