Burundi : NGOs accuse authorities of allowing torture to continue with impunity

Human Rights

Burundi : NGOs accuse authorities of allowing torture to continue with impunity

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 27, 2026 – Celebrated every June 26, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was marked this year by a joint

Éducation

Gitega : a school for blind children appeals for help in the face of urgent needs

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 27, 2026 – The Santa Lucia Primary School in Mushasha, located in the city of Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, in the center of

Human Rights

Murembwe Central Prison : hunger, diseases and overcrowding, the ordeal of the inmates

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 27, 2026 – Inmates at Murembwe central prison, located in the Gatete zone of ​​Rumonge district, in Burunga province, in the southwest of the small

Criminalité

Mpanda : Imbonerakure water hoarding accusations plunge rice farmers into disarray

SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, June 25, 2026 – Rice farmers in the Mpanda rice-growing area and surrounding zones, managed by the Imbo Regional Development Company (SRDI) in Bujumbura Province, western

Health

Ebola in DRC : the spread to cities raises fears of an out-of-control health crisis

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, June 25, 2026 – The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a worrying resurgence of Ebola cases. According to the latest data released by health authorities,

Criminalité

Gitega : two bodies in three days, a young pregnant woman among the victims, concern grows

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 25, 2026 – Two gruesome discoveries in three days in the district and province of Gitega, in central Burundi, have reignited public concerns about a

Criminalité

Kajaga : fishermen fear a possible introduction of Ebola from the DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 25, 2026 – In Kajaga, a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika near the lake border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on

Economy

Burundi : in Bujumbura, the public transportation crisis exacerbates residents’ ordeal

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 24, 2026 – The chronic lack of public transportation buses continues to plunge Bujumbura’s residents into an increasingly precarious situation. Between long hours of waiting,

Criminalité

Butanyerera : two people condemned to life for desecration of graves

SOS Médias Burundi Matongo, June 24, 2026 – The First Instance Court of Matongo, in the province of Butanyerra, in the north of Burundi, sentenced two people to life imprisonment

DRC En

Muyinga : refugees gain greater freedom of movement, rules eased

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, June 24, 2026 – Congolese refugees living in the Musasa and Kinama camps in Butanyerera province, northeastern Burundi, now benefit from a relaxation of the rules