Mass exodus : the local NGO PARCEM accuses African governments of driving their youth abroad

Criminalité

Mass exodus : the local NGO PARCEM accuses African governments of driving their youth abroad

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 13, 2026 — On the occasion of the International Youth Day, celebrated on August 12, the local NGO Speech and Action for the Awakening of

Diplomacy

Gatumba : 166 refugees massacred, 22 years of impunity, the Banyamulenge speak out

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, August 13, 2026 — Twenty-two years after the Gatumba massacre, which claimed the lives of 166 Congolese refugees in western Burundi, the Banyamulenge community of Bukavu

Society

Bubanza : Regideso’s open manholes become “gravelands” for passersby

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, August 13, 2026 — Several manholes belonging to the Water and Electricity Production and Distribution Authority (Regideso), located on public roads in the center of Bubanza,

Criminalité

Bugendana : they slit the throat of a man in his sixties who denounced their thefts; five men sentenced to life imprisonment

SOS Médias Burundi Bugendana, August 13, 2026 — Five men were sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment for the murder of 60-year-old Longin Nahimana, who was killed by having his throat

Refugees

Dzaleka : refugees lose their homes after buying controversial plots

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, August 11, 2026 — At least twenty houses have been demolished in the Dzaleka camp in Malawi, as part of an operation to combat what are

Society

Malagarazi : the river advances, Burundian lands recede

SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, August 11, 2026 — The gradual shifting of the Malagarazi River, which forms a natural border between Burundi and Tanzania for several kilometers, is causing deep

Governance

Burundi : miserable wages, shortages, and exodus… is the government letting the civil service die?

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 11, 2026—Every week, the job postings broadcast by Burundi’s National Radio and Television (RTNB) reflect a growing concern : civil servants are leaving their posts

Éducation

Burundi : 20 scholarships for hundreds of young refugees, DAFI rekindles hope

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, August 11, 2026 — After a two-year hiatus due to funding difficulties, the DAFI (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative) scholarship program is reopening its call

Politic

2027 presidential election : is the UPRONA playing a role in the power struggle?

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 10, 2026—Re-elected for five years as head of UPRONA, Olivier Nkurunziza will have to lead the historic independence party into the 2027 presidential election. The

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : children targeted by traffickers during summer holidays

While pupils are enjoying their summer holidays, the National Observatory for Combating Transnational Crime (ONLCT) is warning of a surge in child trafficking in Burundi. The organization is calling on