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Burundi : public schools bled dry by mass teacher departure
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 25, 2026 – The education system of this small east African nation is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. Between August 2025 and January 2026, more than
Bukinanyana : farmers accuse local administrator Isaac Niyokwizera of stifling the maize trade
SOS Médias Burundi Bukinanyana, February 25, 2026 – Tensions are rising in the Ndava and Buganda zones of Bukinanyana district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi. Farmers are accusing local administrator
Burunga : the lump-stain disease and the foot-and-mouth disease decimate cattle herds
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, February 25, 2026 – The province of Burunga, in southern Burundi, is facing a worrying resurgence of animal diseases. For nearly two months, lump-stain disease and
Mahama (Rwanda): critical lack of drinking water
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, February 24, 2026 – Water has become a dangerous luxury for refugees in the Mahama camp. For the past two weeks, the camp, in eastern Rwanda,
Worrying disappearance in Bujumbura : a World Vision driver missing, his family worried
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 24, 2026 – Gabriel Ndikumana, a driver for the NGO World Vision in the Cankuzo region of Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, has been missing
Gitega : the fertilizer shortage threatens crops and food security
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, February 24, 2026 – As the planting season for the farming season B draws to a close, farmers in Gitega are denouncing insufficient, delayed, or incomplete
Dawn bombings on Rubaya : North Kivu entering a new deadly phase?
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, February 24, 2026 – Bombings reported at dawn on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, in the mining town of Rubaya mark a worrying turning point in the
Photo of the week-Bujumbura : fear of poisoning fuels an uncontrolled business
The fear of poisoning is gaining ground in Burundi’s commercial capital. Faced with persistent illnesses, many families are abandoning traditional healthcare facilities in favor of alternative centers with controversial methods.
Uganda : Burundian asylum rights trampled, over 75% of applications rejected in an alarming “purge”
Kampala, February 23, 2026 – An alarming regression in the protection of Burundian asylum seekers is being observed in Uganda, as the recent report from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO),
Bujumbura : young people humiliated and searched by police and Imbonerakure, arbitrarily accused of being “M23 rebels”
INFO SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 23, 2026 – In downtown Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, young people are denouncing arbitrary and humiliating backpack checks by police in front of the