Burundi : over 400 people killed in 2025, Imbonerakure and security forces singled out by the Iteka League

Human Rights

Burundi : over 400 people killed in 2025, Imbonerakure and security forces singled out by the Iteka League

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 26, 2026 – More than 400 people were killed in Burundi in 2025 amid massive human rights violations, according to the annual report of the

Society

Bujumbura : drinking water shortage at Prince Louis Rwagasore Clinic, patients and staff worried

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 26, 2026 – Patients hospitalized at the Prince Louis Rwagasore Clinic (CPLR), located in the commercial capital Bujumbura, have been facing a critical shortage of

DRC En

Ituri : 25 civilians killed in ADF attack in Irumu

SOS Médias Burundi Irumu, January 26, 2026 – Militiamen from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) again attacked the village of Apakolu, in the Walese Vonkutu chiefdom of Irumu territory in

Politic

Burundi : Révérien Ndikuriyo re-elected as head of the CNDD-FDD, total control confirmed after extraordinary lcongress

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 26, 2026 – Révérien Ndikuriyo has been re-elected for a second term as Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD party, following an extraordinary elective congress held

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Tanzania : demolitions, overcrowding, and violations of the Geneva Convention: Burundian refugees forced to return

In the Nyarugusu and Nduta camps for Burundian refugees, located in the Kigoma region of northwestern Tanzania, the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Thousands of refugees are crammed into overcrowded

Health

Butanyerera : a mysterious illness affects over 500 pupils

SOS Médias Burundi Kayanza, January 25, 2026 – For nearly a week, an illness of unknown origin, with flu-like symptoms, has affected more than 500 pupils in several secondary schools

Criminalité

Burunga : pupils kidnapped at night to serve CNDD-FDD political activities

SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, January 25, 2026 – Pupils at the Makamba Agricultural Technical Middle School (ETMA), the town center of Burunga province in southern Burundi, are denouncing disturbing practices

DRC En

Burundi–DRC : after the M23 withdrawal, South Kivu authorities return to Uvira via Gatumba–Kavimvira

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 23, 2026 — A delegation of authorities from the province of South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), led by the mayor of

Criminalité

Burundi: police checkpoints criticized for corruption and inefficiency

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 22, 2026 – The checkpoints set up by the Burundi National Police (PNB) on the country’s major highways to secure travel are now the subject

Criminalité

Burundi: refugee fighters accused of terrorizing civilians in Bujumbura border province

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 22, 2026 – In December 2025, Burundian soldiers, accompanied by elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), Kinshasa-backed Wazalendo militias,