Éducation
Burundi : years of failed reforms bring schools to their knees
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 12, 2026 – The Burundian education system is in deep crisis. For several years, civil society organizations, teachers’ unions, and opposition parties have been sounding
Nyankanda : a school semester sacrificed by teacher shortages and derisory salaries
SOS Médias Burundi Nyankanda, February 10, 2026 – The end of the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year at the Nyankanda refugee camp secondary school left a bitter taste
Bubanza : a technical school closed to the public after an Imbonerakure is stabbed
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, February 2, 2026 – Access to the Bubanza Technical School (ETB), located in Bubanza district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi, has been prohibited to the public
Burundi : the teacher exodus brings the school system to its knees
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 21, 2026 – Since the start of the 2025-2026 school year, the Burundian education sector has been facing a worrying phenomenon : a mass exodus
School benches : revocation or prison for fraudsters, the government toughens its stance
SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, January 20, 2026 – At a meeting held on Monday in the town center of Burunga province, in southern Burundi, bringing together heads of district and
Bukinanyana : a school occupied by fighters, civilians exposed, and responsibilities questioned
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, January 2, 2026 –Since December 7, 2025, more than 3,000 fighters, including Burundian soldiers, members of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo),
Mukungu : when cheating becomes systemic and threatens pupils’ futures
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, November 11, 2025 – In the Nyanza district, in Burunga province in southern Burundi, a new scandal is shaking the education system. Eighteen pupils from the
Gitega : a controversial legal case closes for Green Hills pupils
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 9, 2025 – All 25 pupils from Green Hills International College in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, arrested in late October in a disciplinary
Photo of the week-Five Green Hills International College pupils jailed in Gitega Central Prison
Five pupils from Green Hills International College, located in downtown Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, have been jailed since Thursday, October 30, in Gitega Central Prison. This sudden and
Five Green Hills International College pupils jailed in Gitega Central Prison
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 1, 2025 — Five pupils from Green Hills International College, located in downtown Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, have been jailed since Thursday, October