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Burundi : a family wiped out by a grenade explosion in Karusi, two dead and three seriously injured

SOS Médias Burundi Karusi, August 4, 2026 – A family was wiped out in a grenade attack on the evening of Monday, August 3, in Nyagoba village, in the district

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Burundi : Frodebu calls for credible elections in 2027 and revives the debate on Ndadaye’s legacy

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 3, 2026 — Electoral transparency was at the heart of discussions between President Évariste Ndayishimiye and political party leaders gathered Friday in Gitega, the political

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Rumonge : a young man found dead in Rutwenzi village

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, August 2, 2026 – The lifeless body of a 24-year-old man, identified as Ezechiel Niyonsenga, was discovered Saturday in Rutwenzi village, in the Mariza zone of

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Bujumbura : between 80 and 120 wounded Congolese soldiers and Wazalendo militiamen hospitalized; patients denounce two-tier treatment

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 29, 2026 – Between 80 and 120 soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Wazalendo militiamen wounded in the

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Gitega: blood flows again, two people stabbed to death in 48 hours in Gishubi

SOS Médias Burundi Gishubi, July 29, 2026 – Blood is flowing again in Gishubi : two people were stabbed to death within 48 hours in this district in Gitega province,

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Ngozi : a Musasa refugee representative behind bars after allegations of abuse, relatives denounce harassment

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, July 29, 2026 – Matabaro Ntawigira, a representative of the Barundi community from the Rusizi Plain among Congolese refugees in Burundi, has been detained since July

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DRC : thousands of protesters in Goma and Bukavu against proposed constitutional revision

SOS Médias Burundi Goma/Bukavu, July 28, 2026 – Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Goma, North Kivu, and Bukavu, South Kivu, to denounce a proposed constitutional revision attributed to the

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Bubanza : two oil palm trees at the heart of a murder and a wave of reprisals

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, July 28, 2026 – A family dispute over the sharing of two oil palm trees turned tragic in the district of Bubanza, in Bujumbura province, western

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Bugendana : 648 Tutsis massacred, 30 years later survivors denounce impunity and demand justice

SOS Médias Burundi Bugendana, July 27, 2026—The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the massacre of 648 Tutsis at the Bugendana camp for displaced persons took place on Sunday, July

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Burundi : a woman killed after alleged violence, the specter of femicide looms over Musongati

SOS Médias Burundi Musongati, July 28, 2026 — The district of Musongati, in Burundi province, in the south of the small East African nation, is in shock after the death