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Burunga : between survival and danger, communities living along Lake Tanganyika face wild animal attacks
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 28, 2026 — In Burunga province, in the south of the small East African nation, particularly on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Nyanza-Lac and
Tanzania : Nduta camp forcibly emptyed, Burundian refugees expelled amid violence and silence
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, April 27, 2026 — In the Nduta camp, located in the Kigoma region of northwestern Tanzania, thousands of Burundian refugees are denouncing forced expulsions carried out
Makamba : a woman in her sixties brutally attacked after defying impunity
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, April 27, 2026 — In Burunga province, southern Burundi, a woman in her sixties claims she was violently attacked amid ongoing tensions related to a murder
South Kivu : Governor Purusi in turmoil, 18 MPs demand his resignation
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, April 26, 2026 – In Uvira, political tensions are rising over the management of South Kivu province. Eighteen provincial deputies have officially initiated a motion of
Gitega : two deaths in Mahonda and Kagoma amid suspicions of infanticide
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, April 24, 2026 — Two separate tragedies have been reported in the villages of Mahonda and Kagoma, in the district and province of Gitega, in central
Burundi : in Gitega, the CNDD-FDD crusade reveals the fractures between unity rhetoric and criticism of governance
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, April 23, 2026—A crusade organized by the CNDD-FDD was held in Gitega, bringing together party officials and activists for religious and political activities. The event, marked
Mass repatriation to Ruyigi : hundreds of Congolese refugees leave Busuma in an unprecedented convoy
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, April 23, 2026 — The voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees living at the Busuma site in Ruyigi district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, officially began on Thursday,
Gitega : behind the rhetoric, the persistent scandal of conflict minerals in Africa’s Great Lakes region
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, April 21, 2026 – Gathered in Gitega, stakeholders in the mining sector in Africa’s Great Lakes region expressed their desire to move beyond conflict minerals. But
After three weeks of reopening, the Uvira-Bukavu road becomes a corridor of taxes imposed on the population
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, April 21, 2026 – Two weeks after the reopening of the National Road 5, linking the city of Uvira to Bukavu in South Kivu province in
Repatriation of Congolese refugees : Kinshasa and Gitega launch a sensitive return program amid a still fragile security context in eastern DRC
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 22, 2026 — The Burundian government, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announces the official launch of voluntary and assisted