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Politic

Bujumbura : when the election campaign displaces pupils from classrooms

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 29, 2025 — As end-of-year exams approach, the atmosphere in several schools in Bujumbura—the commercial city where United Nations agencies and the central administration are

Politic

Burundi : intimidation, forced mobilization, and propaganda in Makamba : CNDD-FDD under fire

SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 27, 2025 – As Burundi’s legislative and elections elections approach, the campaign of the ruling CNDD-FDD party is raising serious concerns in Makamba province (southern

Refugees

Musenyi : Congolese refugees forced to return to conflict zones, driven by precariousness

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, May 28, 2025 – In recent days, some Congolese refugees have begun leaving the Musenyi site in southeastern Burundi to return to the Democratic Republic of

Criminalité

Pre-election tensions in Cibitoke : the opposition under pressure

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 28, 2025 – One week before the legislative and district elections, Cibitoke province (northwestern Burundi) is becoming the scene of intimidation and targeted violence against

Politic

Kirundo : missing voter cards spark outrage as elections approach

SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, May 28, 2025 – One week before the legislative and district elections, the atmosphere is tense in Kirundo province (northern Burundi). Many voters say they still

Politic

Kayanza : a CNDD-FDD parliamentary candidate arrested after a rally, a case with political overtones

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 28, 2025 – Vincent Ndagijimana, parliamentary candidate on the list of the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the new province of Butanyerera (northern Burundi), was arrested

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : a refugee decapitated, the possibility of witchcraft raised

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, May 28, 2025 – A gruesome scene shook the Nakivale refugee camp in southwestern Uganda. The lifeless body of a woman, unidentified at this stage, was

Refugees

Dzaleka (Malawi) : Disturbing disappearance of two refugee community leaders

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, May 27, 2025 – Two prominent figures in the refugee community of Dzaleka camp in Malawi have been missing since Sunday. They are Daniel, a Burundian

Criminalité

Burundi : electoral tensions despite calls for tolerance

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 27, 2025 – While President Évariste Ndayishimiye called, during the official launch of the electoral campaign on May 9 in Gitega (the political capital), for

Society

Between closed borders and unsold tangerines, women of Rumonge are innovating

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, May 27, 2025 — While fruit growers in the district of Rumonge (southwestern Burundi) are struggling to sell their tangerines due to the border closure with