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Rumonge : ten people sentenced after unrest fueled by organ trafficking rumors

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, March 9, 2026 – Ten people arrested in the Kigwena and Rumonge zones of Rumonge district, Burunga province in the south of the small east African

Médias

Burundi : two journalists’ long detention ends on the same day

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura / Ngozi, March 4, 2026 – Two Burundian journalists were released on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, after more than two years of detention. Sandra Muhoza and

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Rumonge : three young men sentenced to a life jail for the rape and murder of a minor

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, February 18, 2026 – Three young men were sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment by the Rumonge First Court in Burunga Province (southern Burundi) for the

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Burundi : 217 inmates released in Ngozi to ease overcrowding in prisons

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, January 16, 2026 – 217 inmates, including 195 men, 19 women, and 3 underage girls, were released on Friday from the men’s and women’s prisons in

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Photo of the week-Prosecutor General’s Office : Rose Nkorerimana, the first woman to break the glass ceiling

Burundi has just reached a historic milestone : for the first time since independence in 1962, a woman has been appointed to the prestigious position of Prosecutor General. This is

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Burundi : a commission visits several prisons and reviews the cases of political prisoners and coup plotters

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 27, 2025 – A delegation recently toured several prisons in Burundi. Among the prisoners met were the coup plotters incarcerated at Gitega Central Prison, in

Politic

Prosecutor General’s Office : Rose Nkorerimana, the first woman to break the glass ceiling

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 – Burundi has just reached a historic milestone : for the first time since independence in 1962, a woman has been appointed to

Health

Burundi : former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni still hospitalized in Gitega

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 — Former Burundian Prime Minister, General Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, remains hospitalized at the Gitega Regional Hospital in the political capital, where he has

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Ngozi : Burundian justice persists in illegality to keep journalist Sandra Muhoza behind bars

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, November 20, 2025 — Independent journalist Sandra Muhoza appeared on Wednesday before the Ngozi Court of Appeal, in Butanyerera province in the north of the small

Human Rights

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