Bujumbura – Uvira : arrests of Congolese raise concerns

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Bujumbura – Uvira : arrests of Congolese raise concerns

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura / Uvira, June 3, 2026 – Several Congolese nationals have been arrested in recent months in the city of Uvira, in South Kivu, as well as

Diplomacy

Burundians seeking visas : the Trump administration imposes a real path of the fighter

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 3, 2026– Burundians seeking a visa to the United States face new administrative and financial hurdles. According to several reports from diplomatic sources and international

Health

Burundi : the cost of sanitary pads, a persistent burden for low-lncome families

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 2, 2026 – Following the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, celebrated on May 28, many Burundian women and parents continue to denounce the high price of

Society

Buterere landfill : urgent measures announced to relieve congestion at a site under pressure

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 2, 2026 – The Buterere landfill, located west of the Ntahangwa district, north of Burundi’s commercial capital, is facing serious management challenges that are disrupting

Criminalité

Gitega : after a deadly robbery, three suspected assailants lynched by an angry mob

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, June 2, 2026 – Four people were killed in less than 24 hours in the Murago and Muyange villages, in the district and province of Gitega,

Criminalité

Kirundo : curfew after 8 p.m., but motorcyclists with ties to the Imbonerakure spared

SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, June 1, 2026 – Tensions are running high in the district of Kirundo, in the province of Butanyerera, in the north of the small East African

Diplomacy

Massacre in Beni : ADF kills at least 17 civilians in less than 24 hours

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, June 1, 2026 – A new series of attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels has plunged the Beni territory in North Kivu province,

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Rutegama livestock market : a drinking water shortage worries traders and users

The Rutegama livestock market, located in the district and province of Gitega, in central Burundi, is facing a severe drinking water shortage that is worrying traders, restaurant owners, and visitors.

Diplomacy

Burundi : an open letter urges Burundi not to extradite Babunga Benjamin Watuna to the DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 31, 2026 – Citizens, intellectuals, humanitarian actors, and human rights defenders from the Great Lakes region have addressed an open letter to Burundian President Évariste

Criminalité

Returned but threatened : refugees accuse political and security networks of blocking land restitution

SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 31, 2026 – Behind the mass return of Burundian refugees from Tanzania lies a reality far more complex than the official rhetoric of “voluntary return”