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Serial violence in Gasorwe : one family wiped out, another hit by flames
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, September 11, 2025 – A night of horror rocked the former district of Gasorwe, now part of Muyinga, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi. Three members of
Bujumbura : breastfeeding mothers face transportation obstacles
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – While the World Breastfeeding Week emphasizes the importance of exclusively breastfeeding one’s child for six months, many mothers in Bujumbura struggle to
Burundi : triple murder of Italian nuns, 11years of silence and mystery
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – Eleven years after the cowardly murder of three sisters from the Xaverian missionary community, originally from Italy, the Burundian justice system has
Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : a hospital closed, Burundian refugees contact the UNHCR
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, September 11, 2025 – The NGO Medical Team International has closed one of its hospitals in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, a decision that has
Twenty-nine years after his assassination, the shadow of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna still hangs over Burundi
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 10, 2025 — Twenty-nine years after the assassination of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna, former Archbishop of Gitega, his relatives continue to demand justice. The prelate was
Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu transferred to a Bujumbura hospital
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Tuesday afternoon to a hospital in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, sources familiar with the
Bubanza : three Imbonerakure arrested after the murder of a peer educator in Karinzi
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, September 10, 2025 – In Bubanza, Bujumbura province (western Burundi), police arrested three members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, suspected of participating in the fatal lynching
Mugina : a mother and daughter seriously injured with a machete by fleeing Imbonerakure
SOS Médias Burundi, Mugina, September 10, 2025 – A violent machete attack left two women seriously injured on Tuesday, September 9, in Bubondo village, in Mugina district, Bujumbura province, in
Turned back and stranded at the border : the ordeal of Congolese refugees facing the Imbonerakure and the police
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 9, 2025 – Since Monday, September 8, 2025, several hundred Congolese refugees have been arrested in various localities in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana,
Kirundo : security barriers, nighttime fear, and suspicions of corruption
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, September 8, 2025 — The installation of metal barriers and nighttime checkpoints at the entrances to the town of Kirundo, in northern Burundi, is causing a