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Security

Burunga : a fisherman killed by hippopotamus on the shores of Lake Tanganyika

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 7, 2025 – A tragedy occurred on the shores of Lake Tanganyika during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The lifeless body of a fisherman

Refugees

Meheba (Zambia) : issuance of civil status documents for refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, September 6, 2025 — After a two-day delay, the long-awaited issuance of birth certificates and identity cards to refugees and asylum seekers resumed on Thursday in

Criminalité

Burundi : Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu jailed in Mpimba, reasons for his detention still unknown

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 6, 2025 — Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Saturday, September 6, at 4:30 PM to Bujumbura Central Prison, commonly known as Mpimba,

Criminalité

Bururi : a former police officer found dead, his family denounces a murder

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, September 5, 2025 – The lifeless body of Athanase Manirakiza, a retired police officer, was discovered early in the morning of Thursday, September 4, in a

Refugees

Malawi – Dzaleka camp : refugees ordered to give up their “surplus” housing

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka (Dowa district), September 5, 2025 – Since July, a large-scale housing survey has been underway in the Dzaleka refugee camp. Conducted jointly by the United Nations

Diplomacy

Burundi : Enabel country director ordered to leave the country after sharing a cartoon on LinkedIn

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 5, 2025 – David Leyssens, Country Director of the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) in Burundi, has been ordered to leave the country by Saturday by

Society

Ngozi hit by a severe water shortage despite the construction of costly reservoirs

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, September 4, 2025 – Despite the construction of large reservoirs intended to improve water supply, the city of Ngozi, the town center of Butanyerera province in

Éducation

Burundi : the Minister of Education cancels all recent transfers on the eve of the start of the school year

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – The Minister of Education denounces illegal transfers and imposes an immediate return to their original schools, under penalty of salary suspension. The

Criminalité

Rumonge : seven people arrested in a land dispute in Gatete

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 3, 2025 – Seven people representing a dozen families were arrested on Wednesday on Gatete village, in Rumonge district, in Burunga province, southern Burundi. They

Human Rights

Acquitted prisoners still incarcerated in Mpimba : Ntabariza sounds the alarm

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – More than a hundred people, despite having been acquitted by the Burundian courts, remain unjustly detained in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as