After his arrest, a relative joins Gahungu in detention

Justice En

After his arrest, a relative joins Gahungu in detention

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – On Thursday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested by the National Intelligence Service (SNR).

Médias

Burundian Parliament : private media banned

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – Private media could soon be banned from covering parliamentary activities in Burundi. Even the public press would only be allowed in exceptional

Justice En

Bujumbura : opposition leader Anicet Niyonkuru arrested for fraud

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – The president of the opposition party Council of Patriots (CDP), Anicet Niyonkuru, was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of

Criminalité

Bujumbura : General Bertin Gahungu arrested, motives remain unclear

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, and is held at the headquarters of the National

Refugees

Burundi : Congolese refugees face a deadly choice between hunger and war

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 20, 2025 – As the international funding for refugees collapses, Congolese refugees living in Burundi find themselves facing a tragic dilemma : remain in increasingly

Criminalité

Police violence in Mitakataka : a woman seriously injured and hospitalized

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, August 20, 2025 – In Bubanza district, Bujumbura province in western Burundi, outrage is widespread. On August 8, a woman was violently assaulted by a police

Governance

From the dream of emergence to the reality of hunger : Burundi at the end of its rope

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 20, 2025 – While the authorities promise to elevate Burundi to the rank of an emerging country by 2040, the daily realities paint a bleak

Refugees

Kakuma (Kenya) : a Sudanese refugee murdered in gruesome circumstances

SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, August 20, 2025 – The suspicious death of a Sudanese refugee in the Kakuma camp in Kenya has sparked outrage. The gruesome discovery took place on

Criminalité

Nyabikere : three murders in four days plunge Shombo into fear

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 20, 2025 – A gruesome series of murders has rocked the district of Shombo, in Gitega province in central Burundi. Within four days, three men

Refugees

In Nakivale camp, thirst and disease threaten more than 150,000 refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, August 19, 2025 – A month has passed without a single drop of water flowing from the public taps in Nakivale camp. The consequences are serious