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Twenty-nine years after his assassination, the shadow of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna still hangs over Burundi
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 10, 2025 — Twenty-nine years after the assassination of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna, former Archbishop of Gitega, his relatives continue to demand justice. The prelate was
Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu transferred to a Bujumbura hospital
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Tuesday afternoon to a hospital in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, sources familiar with the
Bubanza : three Imbonerakure arrested after the murder of a peer educator in Karinzi
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, September 10, 2025 – In Bubanza, Bujumbura province (western Burundi), police arrested three members of the CNDD-FDD youth league, suspected of participating in the fatal lynching
Mugina : a mother and daughter seriously injured with a machete by fleeing Imbonerakure
SOS Médias Burundi, Mugina, September 10, 2025 – A violent machete attack left two women seriously injured on Tuesday, September 9, in Bubondo village, in Mugina district, Bujumbura province, in
Turned back and stranded at the border : the ordeal of Congolese refugees facing the Imbonerakure and the police
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 9, 2025 – Since Monday, September 8, 2025, several hundred Congolese refugees have been arrested in various localities in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana,
Kirundo : security barriers, nighttime fear, and suspicions of corruption
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, September 8, 2025 — The installation of metal barriers and nighttime checkpoints at the entrances to the town of Kirundo, in northern Burundi, is causing a
Uvira : 5 dead and several injured in a protest against General Olivier Gasita
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 8, 2025 — Violent clashes erupted on Monday in the city of Uvira (South Kivu) during a protest against the presence of Brigadier General Olivier
Buhumuza : resettlement suspended – Congolese refugees face uncertainty
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, September 8, 2025 – A delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Resettlement Service, Ruyigi office, in Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, visited
Photo of the week – Burundi : Enabel country director ordered to leave the country after sharing a cartoon on LinkedIn
David Leyssens, country director of the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) in Burundi, was ordered to leave the Burundian territory last Saturday by the authorities. According to several concordant sources within
Uvira under tension : general strike, violence, and rejection of General Gasita in a strategic city on the verge of explosion
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 7, 2025—For the past week, the city of Uvira, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been undergoing a paralyzing general strike and explosive