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Rumonge : a man arrested for filming reprising Burundian soldiers in South Kivu

SOS Médias BurundiRumonge, December 19, 2025 – A man whose identity has not been released was briefly detained on Thursday in the center of the port city of Rumonge, in

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Burundi : the soaring fuel prices in Bubanza and Mpanda paralyze transportation, insecurity in the DRC exacerbates the crisis

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, December 19, 2025 – In Bubanza and Mpanda, in Bujumbura province in western Burundi, retail fuel prices have risen sharply since the capture of Uvira, in

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Gatumba : humanitarian crisis and police violence at the Congolese refugee transit center

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 19, 2025 – Tensions escalated sharply on the evening of Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the Gatumba transit center in Burundi. In the courtyard of

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Shock at the Mwaro military camp : Wazalendo militiamen buy and eat dogs after the fall of Uvira

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, December 17, 2025 – Following the fall of Uvira, located a few kilometers from Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital and home to UN agencies and the central

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DRC : AFC/M23 surprise withdrawal from Uvira – Kinshasa cries maneuver and demands evidence

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, December 18, 2025 – The withdrawal of M23 rebels from Uvira has been underway since Wednesday evening, according to local sources contacted by SOS Médias Burundi.

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Cibitoke : four bodies in FARDC military uniforms discovered near the Rusizi River

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, December 18, 2025 – Four bodies in an advanced state of decomposition, dressed in military uniforms of the FARDC, the Congolese loyalist army, were discovered on

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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,