Bururi : a former police officer found dead, his family denounces a murder

Criminalité

Bururi : a former police officer found dead, his family denounces a murder

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, September 5, 2025 – The lifeless body of Athanase Manirakiza, a retired police officer, was discovered early in the morning of Thursday, September 4, in a

Refugees

Malawi – Dzaleka camp : refugees ordered to give up their “surplus” housing

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka (Dowa district), September 5, 2025 – Since July, a large-scale housing survey has been underway in the Dzaleka refugee camp. Conducted jointly by the United Nations

Diplomacy

Burundi : Enabel country director ordered to leave the country after sharing a cartoon on LinkedIn

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 5, 2025 – David Leyssens, Country Director of the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) in Burundi, has been ordered to leave the country by Saturday by

Society

Ngozi hit by a severe water shortage despite the construction of costly reservoirs

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, September 4, 2025 – Despite the construction of large reservoirs intended to improve water supply, the city of Ngozi, the town center of Butanyerera province in

Éducation

Burundi : the Minister of Education cancels all recent transfers on the eve of the start of the school year

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – The Minister of Education denounces illegal transfers and imposes an immediate return to their original schools, under penalty of salary suspension. The

Criminalité

Rumonge : seven people arrested in a land dispute in Gatete

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 3, 2025 – Seven people representing a dozen families were arrested on Wednesday on Gatete village, in Rumonge district, in Burunga province, southern Burundi. They

Justice En

Acquitted prisoners still incarcerated in Mpimba : Ntabariza sounds the alarm

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – More than a hundred people, despite having been acquitted by the Burundian courts, remain unjustly detained in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as

Médias

Burundi : an RTNB journalist arrested, heavy silence in local media

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 3, 2025 – Journalist Marius Muhirwe, employed in the news department of the Burundi National Radio and Television (RTNB), was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura

Criminalité

Gitega : the province plagued by violence and summary executions

Bujumbura, September 2, 2025 — Gitega province, once a haven of relative peace, is now rocked by a wave of disturbing violence. On Tuesday, September 2, two people were killed

DRC En

Kaburantwa – DRC : Burundian military convoys en route to South Kivu, amid regional tensions and official silence

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 2, 2025 — For three days, heavy Burundian military convoys have been passing through the town of Kaburantwa, in the Cibitoke region of Bujumbura province,