Burundi : 17 years later, Olucome still demands justice for Ernest Manirumva

Criminalité

Burundi : 17 years later, Olucome still demands justice for Ernest Manirumva

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 11, 2026 — Seventeen years after the assassination of Ernest Manirumva, Olucome continues to denounce the inaction of the Burundian justice system. At a press

Criminalité

Nyabihanga : a police officer sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a motorcyclist

SOS Médias Burundi Nyabihanga (Gitega), April 11, 2026 — The Nyabihanga First Instance Court, in Gitega province, in the heart of the small East African nation, sentenced a police officer

Criminalité

Ruziba : nighttime violence attributed to Imbonerakure raises concerns among residents

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 9, 2026 — In several neighborhoods of the commercial capital of the small East African nation, residents are denouncing a rise in nighttime violence and

Governance

The World Health Day : the local NGO PARCEM raises the alarm about the Burundian health system

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 9, 2026 — On the occasion of the World Health Day, celebrated every April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for strengthened scientific collaboration

DRC En

DRC : the MONUSCO persists despite setbacks — James Swan inherits a mission under pressure in a region in turmoil

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, April 9, 2026 — US diplomat James Swan officially took office on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, as head of the MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission

Health

Bujumbura : a mysterious illness already claims victims in Mpanda

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 8, 2026 — The district of Mpanda, in Bujumbura province, has been struck by an unknown illness that is raising fears of a health crisis.

Governance

Révérien Ndikuriyo celebrates re-election at the cost of forced contributions

SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, April 6, 2026 — On Monday, the province of Burunga, in the south of the small East African nation, was the scene of ceremonies presented as

Refugees

Kigoma : the hunt for Burundian refugees plunges camps and families into fear

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, April 8, 2026 — Tensions are rising in northwestern Tanzania. Authorities in the Kigoma region, home to the Nduta and Nyarugusu camps, have announced a large-scale

Justice En

Bujumbura : two CNDD-FDD figures transferred to Mpimba Central Prison

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 7, 2026 — Two figures close to the CNDD-FDD were transferred on Tuesday afternoon to Bujumbura’s central prison, known as Mpimba, in a case involving

Criminalité

Kakuma (Kenya) : a Burundian refugee’s shopping center ravaged by fire

SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, April 7, 2026 — A fire of unknown origin ravaged the “Bujumbura Shop,” a shopping center owned by a Burundian refugee, in Zone I of Kakuma