Economy
Burunga : after months of losses, cattle vaccination finally launched
SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, July 26, 2026—After several months marked by the spread of the foot-and-mouth disease and significant livestock losses, the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, and Livestock organized a
Burundi : in Bujumbura, the public transportation crisis exacerbates residents’ ordeal
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 24, 2026 – The chronic lack of public transportation buses continues to plunge Bujumbura’s residents into an increasingly precarious situation. Between long hours of waiting,
Burunga : the fertilizer crisis turns into a nightmare, farmers fear a food catastrophe
SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, June 22, 2026 – While agriculture remains the primary source of livelihood for a large portion of the rural population, farmers in the districts of Matana
Burundi : gold rush in Muyinga, residents denounce land and social catastrophe
SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, June 22, 2026 – Artisanal gold mining is reaching alarming proportions in several villages in the district of Muyinga, in Buhumuza province, northeastern Burundi. Residents accuse
Kayanza : 1,600 tons of minerals exported, MPs question revenue destination
SOS Médias Burundi Kayanza, June 12, 2026 – The management of revenues from mining operations in the former district of Kabarore, now part of the district of Kayanza, in Butanyerera
Buhumuza: promises of employment facing a reality of poverty and social exclusion
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, June 16, 2026 – Despite official pronouncements touting entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-employment as solutions to unemployment, many rural youth, female heads of households, and members of
Burundi : shortages, exodus, arbitrary detentions… bishops issue a harsh indictment
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 10, 2026 – Meeting in ordinary plenary assembly from June 1 to 5 in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, home to the main United Nations agencies
Kiremba : the bean harvest collapses, farmers sound the alarm
Kiremba, June 9, 2026 – Farmers in the district of Kiremba, in the province of Butanyerera in northern Burundi, are reporting a worrying assessment of the 2026 B season agricultural
Rumonge : poor harvest causes soaring tangerine prices
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 5, 2026 – Tangerine prices have risen sharply in the Kizuka zone of Rumonge district, Burunga province, in southwestern Burundi, during this harvest season. This
Burundi : 18 tons of coffee seized in Mpanda, a trader detained for two weeks
SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, June 5, 2026 – A trader from the Ruce zone of Mpanda district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi, has been detained since May 21, 2026, in