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Society

Gitega : street vendors fight for survival in the face of police repression

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 15, 2025 – In the bustling streets of downtown Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, dozens of women selling fruit, vegetables, and grilled corn face

Refugees

Musenyi : prayer rooms prioritized over medical care at the Congolese refugee site

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, July 15, 2025 – At the Musenyi refugee site, located in Burunga province, southeastern Burundi, where more than 18,000 Congolese refugees fleeing the war in the

Refugees

Mahama (Rwanda) : a symbolic consultation to mobilize Congolese refugees for voluntary repatriation

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, July 15, 2025 – The Rwandan government, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has launched what it calls an “opinion poll”

Society

From Burundi to Rwanda : a harrowing journey that puts lives in danger

SOS Médias Burundi Kobero, July 14, 2025 – The persistent border closure between Burundi and Rwanda is profoundly disrupting the lives of many citizens, particularly those who need to travel

Refugees

Tanzania : rise in crime around Nduta camp, Burundian refugees worried

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, July 14, 2025 – A series of violent attacks in recent days around the Nduta refugee camp in northwest Tanzania is causing concern among Burundian refugees.

Criminalité

Cibitoke : two bodies in Burundian military uniforms found in the Rusizi River, following a similar discovery in May

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, July 14, 2025 – Two corpses in an advanced state of decomposition, dressed in FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) uniforms, were discovered on Monday morning on

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : Victoire Ingabire’s hearing postponed, opposition leader calls for Kenyan legal team

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire appeared before a court on Tuesday July 8 in Kigali (capital of Rwanda) for a bail hearing. This was her first public appearance since her

DRC En

South Kivu : Kinshasa accuses the M23 of preparing an offensive on Uvira, local authorities have already retreated to Bujumbura

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, July 12, 2025 – The Congolese government is warning of a possible imminent offensive by the M23 and its ally, the AFC, in Uvira territory, in

Criminalité

Burunga: a village mediator killed with a machete in Gikuzi amid witchcraft and tensions related to bereavement

SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, July 12, 2025 – A crime of unprecedented violence shook Gikuzi village, in Burunga province, on Friday, July 11. Donavine Nsavyimana, village mediator of the Gitabazi

Criminalité

A man found dead in Ngozi : gray areas surrounding a possible murder

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, July 11, 2025 – The Kigarama neighborhood, in Ngozi district in Butanyerera province (northern Burundi), woke up to shock on Thursday, July 10. The lifeless body