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Nduta (Tanzania) : around fifty refugees in prison for violating the curfew

They were arrested at different times. Some are accused of undermining public authority. They fear being repatriated by force. INFO SOS Médias Burundi The curfew which is causing victims was

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Rumonge : nearly 130 health agents demand arrears of 3 to 10 months of salary

Employees under contract in five new health centers located in the districts of Rumonge, Burambi and Buyengero are demanding 10 months of salary. Staff under contract in the two former

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Rumonge: death of a man

The body of Venant Niyongabo (39 years ) was seen at the CRC (Community Recreation Center), a bar near the Birimba neighborhood, in the provincial capital of Rumonge (southwestern Burundi)

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Gatumba: Burundian authorities seize fuel from Congo which has become their bulwark

A Burundian soldiers and policemen team seized at least a thousand cans of gasoline on July 18 in Gatumba, on the border between Burundi and the DRC. Local civil society

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Nakivale (Uganda): suspicion between the Burundian and Rwandan communities

The Burundian and Rwandan communities glower at each other at the Uganda’s Nakivale camp. The tension was heightened when a Burundian refugee was arrested at the request of a Rwandan

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Bukinanyana: a sixty-year-old hacked to death with a machete

Collette Nduwimana, 69, was murdered with a machete on the night of July 20 to 21. The incident occured in Myave locality, Ndora zone, Bukinanyana commune in Cibitoke province (northwest

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Photo of the week: Kwashiorcor threatens more than 50% of children in Kayanza

Health officials in Kayanza province (northern Burundi) are giving a warning: more than 50% children are affected by Kwashiorcor in the province. Entire families report not being able to afford

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Mahama (Rwanda) : shortage of drinking water in the camp

The Mahama Burundian and Congolese refugee camp suffers from a glaring lack of drinking water. Refugees sound the alarm to avoid diseases from lack of cleanness. INFO SOS Médias Burundi

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Gitega : a person who died in obscure circumstances

The body of Fabrice Nimpagaritse, 22 years old, was found on Monday, July 15, hanging on a tree. The macabre discovery that SOS Médias Burundi learned of on Thursday took

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Kayogoro : 4 people detained in a defetishism case

Three men and a woman have been detained in the cells of the Makamba provincial prosecutor’s office (southern Burundi) since Thursday. They were transferred there after having stayed for 7