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Photo of the week : a Musasa refugee representative behind bars after allegations of abuse, relatives denounce harassment

Matabaro Ntawigira, a representative of the Barundi community from the Rusizi Plain among Congolese refugees in Burundi, has been detained since July 17, 2026, in the central prison of Ngozi,

Criminalité

Burundi : a giant undertaking for justice, but magistrates’ demands remain unanswered

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 4, 2026 – The Burundian government intends to undertake a profound transformation of its judicial system. More than 60.5 billion Burundian francs will be invested

Criminalité

Burundi : children targeted by traffickers during summer holidays

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 4, 2026 – While pupils are enjoying their summer holidays, the National Observatory for Combating Transnational Crime (ONLCT) is warning of a surge in child

Criminalité

Burundi : a family wiped out by a grenade explosion in Karusi, two dead and three seriously injured

SOS Médias Burundi Karusi, August 4, 2026 – A family was wiped out in a grenade attack on the evening of Monday, August 3, in Nyagoba village, in the district

Criminalité

Burundi : Frodebu calls for credible elections in 2027 and revives the debate on Ndadaye’s legacy

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 3, 2026 — Electoral transparency was at the heart of discussions between President Évariste Ndayishimiye and political party leaders gathered Friday in Gitega, the political

DRC En

Kavumu : 19 Congolese refugee families fear being excluded from voluntary repatriation to the DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Kavumu, August 2, 2026 – Nineteen Congolese refugee families living in the Kavumu camp in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, fear being excluded from the voluntary repatriation program

Economy

Burundi : workers sent abroad “trapped” by agencies, exploitative practices denounced

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 2, 2026 – On the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, celebrated every July 30, the Association for the Fight Against Unemployment

Criminalité

Rumonge : a young man found dead in Rutwenzi village

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, August 2, 2026 – The lifeless body of a 24-year-old man, identified as Ezechiel Niyonsenga, was discovered Saturday in Rutwenzi village, in the Mariza zone of

Refugees

Mahama camp : refugees denounce a “hidden reduction” in UNHCR assistance

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, July 31, 2026 — Refugees in Mahama camp, mostly Burundian and Congolese, are denouncing a new measure that, according to them, reduces the actual amount of

Diplomacy

Gitega seeks to attract its diaspora, but trust remains fragile

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 31, 2026 — Burundi’s commercial capital hosted the Pan-African Diaspora Week from July 29 to 30, 2026, under the theme : “Dialogue with the Pan-African