Photo of the week-Soaring charcoal prices in Gitega : households under pressure from alarming price increase
Photo of the week-Soaring charcoal prices in Gitega : households under pressure from alarming price increase
In Gitega, the political capital of the small east African nation, the rapid rise in charcoal prices is causing serious concern among residents, who are already facing difficult living conditions.
“Pay or you don’t get through”: in Busuma, refugees trapped in a system of extortion
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, March 29, 2026 — Returning to their country of origin has turned into a nightmare for many Congolese refugees living at the Busuma site in the
Soaring charcoal prices in Gitega : households under pressure from alarming price increase
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, March 29, 2026 — In Gitega, the political capital of the small east African nation, the rapid rise in charcoal prices is causing serious concern among
Matana : millions squandered, ghost offices — the scandal of abandoned construction sites
SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, March 29, 2026 — In the district of Matana, in Burunga province, in the south of the small east African nation, the unfinished construction of several
Bujumbura: Deadly explosions, suspicious silence and an official version under challenge
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 1, 2026 — Violent explosions rocked the economic capital of Burundi, plunging residents into panic. While authorities point to a simple electrical short circuit, many
Bujumbura rocked by explosions in Musaga : projectiles hit homes, the population on alert
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, March 31, 2026 — Explosions were heard Tuesday evening in southern Bujumbura, mainly in the Musaga zone, causing many families to flee and panic in several
Gitega : more than 1,400 inmates starving in an overcrowded prison, alarm raised
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, March 27, 2026 — In Gitega, the political capital of the small east African nation, the humanitarian situation at the central prison is causing grave concern.
Kirundo-Busoni : a single cold room for nearly a million inhabitants, an alarming sanitary challenge
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, March 27, 2026 — In the north of the small east African nation, the districts of Kirundo and Busoni, today attached to the province of Butanyerera,
Kakuma, Kenya : a Burundian refugee missing
SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, March 27, 2026 — The family of Fabien Ndayegamiye is issuing a desperate plea : this Burundian refugee, originally from Makamba in Burunga province, southern Burundi,
Bubanza : the prison director suspended for mismanagement
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, March 26, 2026 — Bubanza Prison, located in Bubanza district, Bujumbura province in western Burundi, is at the center of a mismanagement scandal. Its director, Samuel