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Musenyi : over 22,000 refugees overcrowded, the shelter crisis worsens

Burunga, March 5, 2026 – The Musenyi site, located in the district of Musongati in Burunga province, southern Burundi, is currently hosting over 22,000 refugees. Originally designed in 2024 for

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Washington sanctions the Rwandan army, Kigali denounces “unilateral” measures

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, March 3, 2026 – The diplomatic crisis surrounding the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is escalating. The United States announced sanctions on Monday

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Mikenge : deadly fighting between the FARDC, the FDNB, and rebels – population trapped

SOS Médias Burundi Mikenge, March 2, 2026 — The town of Mikenge, located in the Itombwe sector of Mwenga territory in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was

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Hidden war in Congo : dozens of Burundian soldiers wounded, bodies secretly repatriated to Rumonge

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, February 28, 2026 – The fishing port of the port city of Rumonge, located in Burunga province in the south of the small east African nation,

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Butihinda : denied care and neglect at Gashoho Hospital, Congolese refugees abandoned

SOS Médias Burundi Butihinda, February 26, 2026 – Congolese refugees living in the Kinama camp in Buhumuza province and the Musasa camp in Butanyerera province, in the east and north

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Dawn bombings on Rubaya : North Kivu entering a new deadly phase?

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, February 24, 2026 – Bombings reported at dawn on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, in the mining town of Rubaya mark a worrying turning point in the

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Gatumba–Uvira : A vital border reopened amid security challenges and economic survival

Gatumba, February 23, 2026 – Burundi officially reopened its land border crossing with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, after nearly three months of closure. This closure, which

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Lubero : the death toll from ADF attack rises from 15 to 21, according to the civil society

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, February 11, 2026 – The death toll from the attack attributed to Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighters in Mambimbi-Isigo, in the Bapakombe groupment, Bapere sector, Lubero

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DRC : AFC-M23 completes the training of 7,532 commandos amid protracted conflict in the east

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, February 10, 2026 – On Sunday, February 8, 2026, the Congo River Alliance-M23 (AFC-M23), a rebel coalition active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), presented

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Lubero : an ADF attack leaves at least 15 dead, civil society deplores the lack of intervention by the armed forces

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, February 9, 2026 – A new raid attributed to fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the Bapere sector in the Lubero territory of North