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Refugees

Mahama mourns Léonard Ngendakumana, refugee advocate and iconic coach

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, December 18, 2025 – A Burundian refugee since the 2015 crisis, triggered by the controversial third term of the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, Léonard Ngendakumana, originally

Criminalité

Uvira : M23 facilitates the return of stranded Burundians

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 15, 2025 – Stranded in Uvira since the M23 seized the city on the night of December 9-10, 2025, Burundian workers and refugees have been

DRC En

Burundi : Congolese refugees under suspicion and increased security pressure

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 15, 2025 – As refugee arrivals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue, numerous accounts gathered in the provinces of Bujumbura (west), Burunga (south),

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Photo of the week-Rumonge : Congolese refugees banned from renting houses outside the reception site

In Burunga province, southern Burundi, the district authorities of Rumonge, a port town, have decided to prohibit recently arrived Congolese refugees from renting houses outside the Mutambara emergency reception site.

Criminalité

DRC–South Kivu : under US pressure, the AFC/M23 announces a conditional withdrawal from Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 16, 2025 – Less than a week after the fall of Uvira to the M23, the Congo River Alliance/M23 (AFC/M23) has announced a unilateral but

Criminalité

Accused of making statements favorable to the M23, a Rumonge district official is being hunted by security services

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, December 15, 2025 — Since December 13, 2025, Augustin Hakizimana, a district official recently assigned to the communications department of the Rumonge district in Burunga province,

Refugees

Rumonge : Congolese refugees banned from renting houses outside the reception site

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, December 14, 2025 — In Burunga province, southern Burundi, the district authorities of Rumonge, a port town, have decided to prohibit recently arrived Congolese refugees from

DRC En

Bujumbura plunges back into fuel shortage : the black market booms

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 14, 2025 — For nearly a week, fuel sales have once again been severely disrupted in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of the small east African

DRC En

Border crisis : Congolese stranded in Bujumbura after the fall of Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 14, 2025 — Dozens of Congolese from Uvira and the surrounding area have been stranded in Bujumbura since the sudden closure of the Gatumba border

Diplomacy

Burundi–Rwanda : rising military tensions at the border, the population of Butanyerera lives in fear

SOS Médias Burundi Butanyerera, December 12, 2025 – A significant military buildup has been observed for several days along the Burundi-Rwanda border, particularly in the Gasenyi-Nemba zone, Busoni district, Butanyerera