Criminalité

Éducation

Burundi : fraud, abuse, and misconduct in some schools, FENASEB raises the alarm

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 13, 2026 – The National Federation of Education Sector Unions of Burundi (FENASEB) is raising the alarm about a series of concerning practices in some

Criminalité

Burundi : the controversy erupts over the transfer of Melchior Ndadaye’s remains

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 18, 2026 – The Burundian government’s plan to transfer the remains of several historical figures to a future national memorial in Kiriri is already sparking

Criminalité

Buhumuza: promises of employment facing a reality of poverty and social exclusion

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, June 16, 2026 – Despite official pronouncements touting entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-employment as solutions to unemployment, many rural youth, female heads of households, and members of

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Gitega : a teacher lured by a fake phone call falls into a deadly grenade trap

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 15, 2026 — A teacher at Notre-Dame d’Espérance School, a school under contract with the Emmanuel Community of the Good Shepherd Parish of Shatanya, succumbed

Criminalité

Bujumbura : the body of a missing young man found in a morgue, his family demands answers

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 15, 2026—The death of Jean Joël Nikoyagize, a young resident of the Mutanga Nord neighborhood in northern Bujumbura, has raised many questions among his family

Criminalité

Cibitoke : a father massacred with machetes, his 16-year-old son on the run

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 13, 2026 – A man was brutally killed with machetes Saturday morning in his home in the Munyika neighborhood, in the Rugombo zone of Cibitoke

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Bubanza : a mutilated body discovered meters from a military post

SOS Médias Burundi Mitakataka, June 13, 2026 – The discovery of a lifeless body in an advanced state of decomposition has caused shock in Mitakataka village, in the Mitakataka zone

Criminalité

Gitega : a young woman found dead, bound, on the banks of the Nyakijanda River; residents demand answers

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 11, 2026 – An investigation has been launched in Gitega following the discovery of the body of a 24-year-old woman on the banks of the

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Minembwe : drones, gold, and the Burundian army at the heart of a war engulfing the Great Lakes Region

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, June 11, 2026 – Violent clashes have raged since Monday between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), supported by the Burundian army

Governance

Burundi : patriotism celebrated in Gitega amid political tensions

National unity speeches and governance debates on June 8th SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, June 8, 2026 – The festivities marking the National Patriotism Day were celebrated on Monday in the