Diplomacy
Musenyi : chronically ill people forced to survive in overcrowded sheds
SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 28, 2026 — At the Congolese refugee site in Musenyi, Musongati district, Burunga province, in the south of the small East African nation, living conditions
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
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
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
Rumonge : a mineral processing site under heavy military surveillance in Mutambara
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, April 21, 2026 — For over two years, a mineral processing site has been operating with near-total secrecy in Mutambara village, in the district of Rumonge,
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
Ntaryamira : 32 years later, a memory fades in silence
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 7, 2026 — Burundi commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the tragic death of President Cyprien Ntaryamira on Monday, April 6. He died in a plane
DRC (Bijombo) : Banyamulenge civilians hunted down, thousands displaced in a new spiral of violence
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, April 6, 2026 — The security situation is rapidly deteriorating in the Bijombo area, located in the Uvira territory of South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic