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Uvira : M23 facilitates the return of stranded Burundians

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 15, 2025 – Stranded in Uvira since the M23 seized the city on the night of December 9-10, 2025, Burundian workers and refugees have been

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Burundi : Congolese refugees under suspicion and increased security pressure

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 15, 2025 – As refugee arrivals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue, numerous accounts gathered in the provinces of Bujumbura (west), Burunga (south),

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DRC–South Kivu : under US pressure, the AFC/M23 announces a conditional withdrawal from Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 16, 2025 – Less than a week after the fall of Uvira to the M23, the Congo River Alliance/M23 (AFC/M23) has announced a unilateral but

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Accused of making statements favorable to the M23, a Rumonge district official is being hunted by security services

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, December 15, 2025 — Since December 13, 2025, Augustin Hakizimana, a district official recently assigned to the communications department of the Rumonge district in Burunga province,

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Rumonge : Congolese refugees banned from renting houses outside the reception site

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, December 14, 2025 — In Burunga province, southern Burundi, the district authorities of Rumonge, a port town, have decided to prohibit recently arrived Congolese refugees from

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Bujumbura plunges back into fuel shortage : the black market booms

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 14, 2025 — For nearly a week, fuel sales have once again been severely disrupted in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of the small east African

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Border crisis : Congolese stranded in Bujumbura after the fall of Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 14, 2025 — Dozens of Congolese from Uvira and the surrounding area have been stranded in Bujumbura since the sudden closure of the Gatumba border

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Uvira : residents begin to emerge after a day of violent fighting

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 12, 2025 – In the aftermath of intense clashes between the M23 movement and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), supported by the local

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Burundi : more than 20,000 refugees registered by ONPRA, humanitarian needs intensify

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 12, 2025 – Since last Saturday, Burundi has been facing an exceptional influx of refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fleeing the violence

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Buganda : the Burundian army receives Congolese and Rwandan fighters and militiamen fleeing defeats against the M23

SOS Médias Burundi Buganda, December 11, 2025 — Between December 7 and 10, more than 2,000 aCongolese and Rwandan afighters and militiamen, fleeing defeats against the M23 rebels, were received