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Lake Tanganyika : more than a lake, a life threatened by inaction
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 10, 2025 – Lake Tanganyika, one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, benefits from exemplary cooperation between Burundi, the DRC, Tanzania, and Zambia through the
Gitega : suspicious deaths continue, mob justice causes concern
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 9, 2025 – Corpses are multiplying, suspicions are growing, and fear is spreading to the villages and neighborhoods of Gitega (central Burundi). Faced with a
Rumonge in shock after the murder of a young fisherman : investigations are ongoing
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 9, 2025 — A lifeless body was discovered on Monday morning in the Swahili neighborhood, in the heart of the city of Rumonge, in southwest
Tanzania : hundreds of Burundians arrested, thirteen children jailed for demanding their wages
SOS Médias Burundi Nyamisivya, June 9, 2025 — Since February 28, thirteen Burundian teenagers have been languishing in Nyamisivya prison, in northwest Tanzania. Their “crime” : having dared to demand
Photo of the week : journalists struggle to leave Bujumbura to cover elections
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 9, 2025 — Last Wednesday, June 4, 2025, on the eve of the June 5 legislative and district elections, several Burundian journalists were still stranded
Bujumbura: a chaotic results collection, the opposition calls for rerun of polls
Bujumbura, June 8, 2025 — Following the legislative and district elections of June 5, the new province of Bujumbura (western Burundi) has been rocked by a series of disturbing revelations
Bururi : two opposition figures convicted of electoral offenses, one acquitted
Bururi, June 8, 2025 – The First Instance Court of Bururi, in the south of the small east African nation, convicted two members of opposition political parties on Saturday evening,
Giharo : intimidation and targeted exclusions during the district elections
SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, June 8, 2025 – Electoral tensions are skyrocketing in several localities in Giharo district, in Rutana province (southeastern Burundi). On the ground, numerous accounts reveal intimidation,
“We were chased away with the army” : UPRONA denounces massive electoral fraud in Bururi province
SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, June 7, 2025 – In several localities in Bururi province, in the south of the small east African nation, the legislative and district elections held on
Makamba under lock and key : How the CNDD-FDD blocked the June 5th election
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, June 7, 2025 – While the legislative and district elections have just concluded in the small east African nation, serious irregularities are marring the electoral process