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Bujumbura : CNC president surprised by Bonesha FM’s silence following the assault on one of Its journalists
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 30, 2025 – A few days before the World Press Freedom Day, the President of the National Communication Council (CNC), Espérance Ndayizeye, publicly expressed her
Bujumbura : journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana remains prison despite the expiry of appeal deadline
Bujumbura, April 30, 2025 – In violation of the Burundian Code of Criminal Procedure, journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana remains detained despite the public prosecutor’s appeal being filed out of time.
Malawi : three refugee women, including a Burundian woman, accuse a police officer of sexual harassment and rape
SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, April 30, 2025 – Three refugee women, including a Burundian woman, have filed a complaint of sexual harassment and rape against a police officer assigned to
Musenyi : cross-border solidarity – Angéline Ndayishimiye and Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi meet with Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 30, 2025 – First Ladies of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo made a joint visit to the Congolese refugee site of Musenyi, in
DRC : evacuation of unarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers from Goma to Kinshasa, with support from the ICRC and MONUSCO
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, April 30, 2025 – Several hundred unarmed members of Congolese security forces, protected since January by MONUSCO in Goma, have begun to be transferred to Kinshasa
Skyrocketing rents in Burundi’s major cities : a silent crisis strangling households
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 29, 2025 – Since last year, house rents in Burundi’s major cities, including Bujumbura, Gitega, and Ngozi, have seen a dramatic increase, sometimes doubling in
DRC : threatened after her release, Burundian journalist Gérardine Ingabire lives in hiding
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, April 30, 2025 – Threatened after her release and deprived of freedom of movement, Burundian refugee journalist Gérardine Ingabire is living in hiding with her two
Bururi : medical transport crisis — lack of ambulances plunges patients into distress
SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, April 28, 2025 – In the Bururi health province in southern Burundi, the population and local authorities are sounding the alarm. For several months, the referral
Bujumbura : a Bonesha FM journalist attacked at the University of Burundi – A worrying symbol for press freedom
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 28, 2025 —Journalist Willy Kwizera, of Bonesha FM radio station, was violently attacked on Monday morning on the Mutanga campus in Bujumbura, while he was
Kinyinya : rising sexual violence threatens girls’ education
SOS Médias Burundi Kinyinya, April 27, 2025 – The district of Kinyinya, in Ruyigi province (eastern Burundi), is facing an alarming upsurge in sexual violence targeting underage girls. Since mid-March,