Gitega : over 1,000 pupils, 40 computers, and boarders forced to sleep on the floor

Éducation

Gitega : over 1,000 pupils, 40 computers, and boarders forced to sleep on the floor

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 28, 2026—Two weeks after the start of the school year, the Christ Roi Technical High School in Mushasha, Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, is

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : Kigali and its former colonial power reconcile after an 18-month rift

Rwanda and Belgium decided to restore diplomatic relations on Tuesday, September 22, in New York, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Foreign Ministers

Society

Burundi : the government takes a hard line against high-alcoholic beverages

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 27, 2026 — The Burundian government has suspended, with immediate effect, the production and sale of several categories of high-alcohol beverages. The measure, announced Saturday

Médias

Burundi : Raymond Nzimana passes away, his colleagues keep his voice and memories

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 27, 2026— Burundian journalist Raymond Nzimana, director of the private radio station Bonesha FM, passed away Sunday morning after a short illness, SOS Médias Burundi

Diplomacy

South Kivu : the State seeks to regain control, but who really holds the ground?

SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, September 25, 2026— The city of Uvira—which has temporarily hosted the South Kivu provincial government since the fall of Bukavu (the provincial capital) to AFC-M23 control

Justice En

Burundi : Rwasa challenges the Supreme Court ruling and reignites battle for control of the CNL

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 25, 2026— Former Hutu rebel leader Agathon Rwasa and three other members of the National Congress for Freedom (CNL)’s former 2019 political bureau are challenging

Society

Burundi : Muyinga and Kirundo run dry, the water shortage spreads to the north

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, September 25, 2026 — A shortage of drinking water is causing concern among residents of several neighborhoods in the district of Muyinga, in Buhumuza province, in

Diplomacy

Lusenda : two years without food aid—Burundian refugees sound the alarm to the UNHCR

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 23, 2026—Maurice Azonnankpo, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), visited the Lusenda

DRC En

Rwanda-Belgium : Kigali and its former colonial power reconcile after an 18-month rift

SOS Médias Burundi Kigali, September 23, 2026— Rwanda and Belgium decided to restore diplomatic relations on Tuesday, September 22, in New York, on the sidelines of the 81st session of

Governance

Ruyigi : three seasons without fertilizer, farmers accuse the State of impoverishing them with empty promises

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, September 23, 2026—Farmers in the district of Ruyigi, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, say they have gone three farming seasons without receiving chemical fertilizers. As a