Burundi: UN Women donates a mini-oil mill to a vulnerable women’s cooperative in Rumonge

Society

Burundi: UN Women donates a mini-oil mill to a vulnerable women’s cooperative in Rumonge

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, May 6, 2025 – A strong gesture toward the economic empowerment of rural women. On April 29, UN Women officially handed over a mini-oil mill donation

Refugees

Rutana : Congolese refugees angry after an alleged embezzlement of a humanitarian aid

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, May 4, 2025 – Tensions are running high at the Musenyi site in Rutana province, southeastern Burundi. Hundreds of Congolese refugees demonstrated violently last week to

Criminalité

Makamba : terror sets in before the elections, one opponent mutilated, others hunted

SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 4, 2025 – As the legislative and district elections approach, the political climate is deteriorating dangerously in Makamba province, southern Burundi. On the night of

Criminalité

Ngozi : a man detained for witchcraft, his family denounces political persecution

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, May 4, 2025 – The arrest of Elias Niyonkuru, a resident of Nyabihanga village in Ngozi district and province (northern Burundi), continues to spark outrage. Accused

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : rising sexual violence threatens girls’ education at Kinyinya

SOS Médias Burundi Kinyinya, May 5, 2025 – The district of Kinyinya, in Ruyigi province (eastern Burundi), is facing an alarming upsurge in sexual violence targeting underage girls. Since mid-March,

Médias

Burundi : journalists sharpen their writing skills for high-tension elections

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, May 5, 2025 – With the June 2025 legislative and district elections approaching, Burundian journalists are preparing to face the challenges of rigorous, responsible, and secure

Politic

Cibitoke : the UPRONA denounces the exclusion of its members from polling stations and acts of intimidation

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, May 5, 2025 – As legislative and district elections approach, the UPRONA party is sounding the alarm in the province of Cibitoke, in northwest Burundi. Its

Refugees

Burundi : a lifeless body of a young Congolese refugee found near the Musenyi site

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, May 5, 2025 – A tragedy rocked the refugee community at the Musenyi site, in Rutana province (southeastern Burundi), on Sunday, May 4. A lifeless body

Criminalité

Gitega : the suspicious death of “KONDAKONDA NYORORO” outrages residents of Nyamugari

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 4, 2025 – Outrage is running high in Nyamugari, a working-class neighborhood of Burundi’s political capital, following the brutal death of Damas Butoyi, a street

Criminalité

Rumonge : a police officer seriously injured by machete during an arrest

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, May 2, 2025 – A police officer was seriously injured by a machete Thursday morning in Mugara, in the district and province of Rumonge (southwestern Burundi),