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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
Burundi : systematic persecution of independent press, journalist Sandra Muhoza targeted
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, February 20, 2026 – The prosecutor’s office at the Ngozi Court of Appeal, in the north of the small east African nation, is requesting confirmation of
Bujumbura : two Jimbere journalists arrested while covering a 21-year-old land dspute
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 19, 2026 – Since Wednesday, February 18, 2026, journalists Olivier Manirambona and Aline Niyonizigiye, a camerawoman and breastfeeding mother, from Jimbere magazine, have been detained
Bujumbura : three journalists arrested during a European commissioner’s visit
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 18, 2026 – Three journalists were arrested Wednesday in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, while covering the visit of Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness
Burundian radio : the community medium strangled by the crisis
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 16, 2026 – Radio is faltering. Recently gathered in Gitega for the World Radio Day, professionals described a medium plagued by shortages, a lack of
Burundi : CEPID raises alarm about deteriorating working conditions for journalists
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 11, 2026 – The Center for the Promotion of Information and Development (CEPID) is sounding the alarm about the working conditions of journalists in the
Burundi : RSF denounces “arbitrary” conviction of journalist Sandra Muhoza
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 15, 2026 – The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemned the four-year prison sentence handed down to Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza, deeming it
Burundi : journalist Sandra Muhoza sentenced to four years in jail reignites the press freedom debate
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, January 14, 2026 – The First Instance Court of Ngozi, in northern Burundi, sentenced journalist Sandra Muhoza, a correspondent for the independent media outlet La Nova
One article, nine hours of interrogation: Independent press faces the SNR
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, December 23, 2025 — Two senior officials from the Iwacu media group, one of the few independent media outlets still operating in the small east African
Ngozi : prosecutors request 12-year jail sentence for journalist Sandra Muhoza
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, December 19, 2025 – At the First Instance Court of Ngozi in northern Burundi, the public prosecutor requested a 12-year prison sentence and a fine of