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Criminalité

Burundi : in Gitega, a shortage of drinking water plunges boarding schools into a health and academic crisis

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 22, 2026 — A lack of drinking water in boarding schools in Gitega—located in central Burundi and home to the country’s political capital—is disrupting studies

Criminalité

Burundi : Bruce Sebanza buried without autopsy, circumstances of his death at the ADB remain unclear

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 22, 2026 — Bruce Sebanza, an employee of the Burundi Development Agency (ADB), died on October 13, 2026, at the agency’s headquarters in Bujumbura. He

Criminalité

Burundi : General Romuald Ndababishije detained with three other police officers, questions remain

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 22, 2026 — Police Brigadier General Romuald Ndababishije, Deputy Commissioner General for Migration in Burundi, is detained along with three other police officers, according to

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Burundi : Ndadaye assassinated, justice unfinished, 2027 presidential election contested: Frodebu raises his voice

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 21, 2026 —Thirty-three years after the assassination of Melchior Ndadaye, Burundi’s first democratically elected Hutu president, the Sahwanya Frodebu party is still demanding that all

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Malawi : six members of a Burundian family perish in a fire at the Dzaleka camp

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, October 21, 2026 — A couple and their four children perished in a fire that ravaged their home overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Katuza

Criminalité

Burundi : Bruce Sebanza’s death at the ADB raises questions about the role of officials present

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 18, 2026 — The death of Bruce Sebanza, an official at the Burundi Development Agency (ADB), which occurred on October 13 at the agency’s headquarters

Refugees

Burundi : ONPRA forces refugees to return to camps, their survival sacrificed in the name of security

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, October 20, 2026 — Richard Uwimana, coordinator of the National Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (ONPRA), is continuing his tour of Burundi’s

Criminalité

Burundi : a young motorcycle taxi rider detained in Rumonge amid arrests in Matana

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 16, 2026 — Elvis Niyondavyi, a young motorcycle taxi rider, has been detained since October 12 in the cells of the Rumonge district police station,

Criminalité

Burundi : Bruce Sebanza dies at the ADB, its director general named as the person who reported a death disguised as a death at home

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 20, 2026 — An administrative certificate stating that Bruce Sebanza, an official at the Burundi Development Agency (ADB), died at home, while in fact his

Diplomacy

Photo of the week-DRC : Joseph Kabila takes the lead of a politico-military front to overthrow Tshisekedi

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has taken the helm of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a new politico-military movement announced Monday, October 12, in Goma, the