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Gitega : a police station chief sentenced to five years in prison after shooting a man
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 20, 2026 – The Gitega Court of Appeal sentenced Police Lieutenant Jean Bosco Nayuburundi, 31 years old, head of the Buhiga station, to five years
Education – Burundi : 5,000 teachers and thousands of desks to try to turn around a struggling school system
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 18, 2026 — The Burundian government is presenting an ambitious plan for the education sector, with the recruitment of nearly 5,000 teachers, billions of Burundian
DRC : the fight against Ebola hampered by the healthcare workers’ strike
SOS Médias Burundi Goma, July 18, 2026 — As Congolese authorities intensify their efforts to contain the new Ebola outbreak, the response is facing a major obstacle : the ongoing
Fratricide in Gitega : the life jail for a man who killed his brother with a machete
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 18, 2026 — The First Instance Court of Gitega, in Burundi’s political capital, sentenced Jean Paul Nduwumukama, 34 years old, to a life jail on
Musasa : after months of thirst, water returns… but the crisis threatens to continue
SOS Médias Burundi Musasa, July 16, 2026 – After more than six months marked by a severe shortage of drinking water, Congolese refugees in the Musasa camp, located in Butanyerera
Burundi : three children sexually assaulted in one month, alarm raised in Rumonge
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 16, 2026 – At least four cases of sexual violence, three of which involved children, have been reported in the space of a month in
DRC : in Lusenda, Burundian refugees say they are abandoned under tarpaulins after years of waiting
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, July 16, 2026 – After several years living in severely dilapidated shelters, hundreds of Burundian families living in the Lusenda camp, in the Fizi territory of
Rwasa faces his destiny : the Supreme Court adjourns the case that could revive his political career
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 16, 2026 – The Supreme Court adjourned the trial between Agathon Rwasa and Nestor Girukwishaka in the dispute over the leadership of the National Congress
Buhumuza : thirsty Muyinga, the water shortage raises fears of a health catastrophe
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga (Buhumuza Province), July 14, 2026 – Dry taps, prohibitively expensive jerrycans of water, forced reliance on unreliable sources, and increasingly alarming hygiene conditions in schools :
Rumonge : the fighting in South Kivu is strangling exchanges between Burundi and the DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, July 14, 2026 – Commercial traffic between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a significant slowdown at the commercial port of Rumonge,