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Burundi : in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur denounces a persistent human rights crisis ahead of the 2027 presidential election

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 1, 2026 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Fortuné Gaëtan Zongo, has painted a particularly worrying picture

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DRC : Kinshasa and Gitega strengthen their military alliance in South Kivu

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, June 29, 2026 – The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, and Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, met in Kinshasa on June 22 to assess

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DRC : Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of three decades of atrocities before the International Court of Justice

SOS Médias Burundi Kinshasa, June 29, 2026 – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken its dispute with Rwanda to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbor

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Cibitoke : a pregnant woman found murdered, rape suspected

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 29, 2026 – On June 27, police arrested the brother of the main suspect in the murder of Annonciate Niyonzima, a pregnant woman found dead,

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Cibitoke : a pregnant woman found murdered, rape suspected

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 29, 2026 – On June 27, police arrested the brother of the main suspect in the murder of Annonciate Niyonzima, a pregnant woman found dead,

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Burundi : NGOs accuse authorities of allowing torture to continue with impunity

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 27, 2026 – Celebrated every June 26, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was marked this year by a joint

Human Rights

Murembwe Central Prison : hunger, diseases and overcrowding, the ordeal of the inmates

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 27, 2026 – Inmates at Murembwe central prison, located in the Gatete zone of ​​Rumonge district, in Burunga province, in the southwest of the small

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Mpanda : Imbonerakure water hoarding accusations plunge rice farmers into disarray

SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, June 25, 2026 – Rice farmers in the Mpanda rice-growing area and surrounding zones, managed by the Imbo Regional Development Company (SRDI) in Bujumbura Province, western

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Gitega : two bodies in three days, a young pregnant woman among the victims, concern grows

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 25, 2026 – Two gruesome discoveries in three days in the district and province of Gitega, in central Burundi, have reignited public concerns about a

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Kajaga : fishermen fear a possible introduction of Ebola from the DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 25, 2026 – In Kajaga, a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika near the lake border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on