Posts From PCN

Economy

Burundi – Burundian cotton, a sector losing momentum despite promises of revival

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 27, 2025 – Once Burundi’s second-largest export crop after coffee, cotton is now experiencing a profound crisis. Declining yields, unpredictable weather, a lack of support,

Criminalité

Buganda : residents denounce insufficient compensation during the construction of the bridge over the Rusizi River

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 27, 2025 – In Buganda, in the Bukinanyana district, Bujumbura province, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, residents at the 6th avenue, along the National

Justice En

Burundi : a commission visits several prisons and reviews the cases of political prisoners and coup plotters

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 27, 2025 – A delegation recently toured several prisons in Burundi. Among the prisoners met were the coup plotters incarcerated at Gitega Central Prison, in

Criminalité

Kayanza : five years in jail for fatally beating a man

SOS Médias Burundi Kayanza, November 27, 2025 – The Kayanza First Instance Court, in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi, sentenced a resident of Muhweza village to five years in prison,

Criminalité

Musema : two fires in one week at the girls’ dormitory, one pupil dead and extensive damage

SOS Médias Burundi Butanyerera, November 25, 2025 – A new fire broke out on Tuesday morning, November 25, in the girls’ dormitory of the Musema boarding school in Matongo district,

Politic

Prosecutor General’s Office : Rose Nkorerimana, the first woman to break the glass ceiling

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 – Burundi has just reached a historic milestone : for the first time since independence in 1962, a woman has been appointed to

Criminalité

Burundi : former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni still hospitalized in Gitega

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 — Former Burundian Prime Minister, General Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, remains hospitalized at the Gitega Regional Hospital in the political capital, where he has

Refugees

Musenyi : Congolese refugees rise up to say no to gender-based violence

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, November 25, 2025 – The Congolese refugee camp in Musenyi, located in southeastern Burundi, was the scene of a powerful and symbolic mobilization on Tuesday, November

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia) : climate change negatively impacts the agricultural harvest

SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, November 24, 2025 – Refugees in the Meheba camp, in northwestern Zambia, are experiencing very poor agricultural production following uncontrolled and unpredictable rainfall after a prolonged

Diplomacy

South Kivu : clashes between Wazalendo and FARDC escalate and increase the death toll in Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, November 24, 2025 – The security situation remains extremely tense in the city of Uvira and its surrounding areas, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).