Governance

Governance

Burundi : the distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets disrupted by poor internet connection

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 28, 2025 – The national campaign to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets, launched on November 26 and scheduled to end on December 1, is currently underway

Diplomacy

Bujumbura : women leaders call for better protection of children until puberty

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 23, 2025- The 6th edition of the High Level Forum of Women Leaders was held in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, and led to

Economy

Slow internet : frustration rises among Burundian workers

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 21, 2025 – Poor internet connectivity is crippling productivity in Burundi. Workers and businesses are sounding the alarm over disruptions that have persisted for several

Governance

Burundi: over $6 million expected from mineral exports to China, the civil society demands transparency and a change in attitudes

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 20, 2025 – Over $6 million : this is the amount the Burundian government hopes to earn from the sale of minerals recently exported to

Governance

Burundi : the State faces an alarming real estate crisis

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 17, 2025 – The Burundian State is facing a worrying real estate crisis. According to data presented at a government meeting last week, the country

Governance

Bubanza : a strategic mining site brings down two officials in one week

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 16, 2025 – Two days after the dismissal of the Bubanza district administrator on October 31, the provincial police commissioner, Épitace Gitamira, was also suspended

Criminalité

Kobero, the border of shame : humiliation, extortion, and official silence in the face of Congolese ordeal

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, November 12, 2025 – At the Kobero border crossing between Burundi and Tanzania, Congolese nationals are recounting scenes of humiliation, extortion, and degrading treatment inflicted by

Economy

Matongo : President Ndayishimiye insults Faustin Ndikumana and compares him to enemies of God

SOS Médias Burundi Matongo, November 7, 2025 — President Évariste Ndayishimiye has once again crossed the line. In the district of Matongo, in the province of Butanyerera in the north

Justice En

Burundi : the provincial police commissioner in Ngozi arrested over alleged coffee trafficking

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 5, 2020— Colonel Bonfort Ndoreraho, Provincial Commissioner of the Burundi National Police (PNB) for Ngozi, was arrested on Monday by agents of the National Intelligence

Governance

Bubanza: district administrator Jérémie Simbagoye suspended for violation of the district law

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, November 1, 2025 — The Minister of the Interior, Community Development, and Public Security has suspended Jérémie Simbagoye, administrator of the Bubanza district in Bujumbura province,