Fuel in Burundi : millions stolen from petrol stations under the gaze of the authorities
Fuel in Burundi : millions stolen from petrol stations under the gaze of the authorities
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 3, 2026 – The Burundi Bureau of Standards (BBN) has revealed serious irregularities in fuel distribution in Burundi. According to the institution, widespread theft has
Photo of the week-Buhumuza : Busuma camp in shock, hundreds of Congolese refugees die in undignified conditions
Since December 2025, more than 300 Congolese refugees, including many children and the elderly, have died in the Busuma camp in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, due to extremely precarious living
Burundi–DRC : Gatumba–Kavimvira border remains closed, hopes dashed
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 2, 2026 – The hopes of many Congolese and Burundians, who were awaiting the reopening of the Gatumba–Kavimvira border crossing, have been brutally dashed. Burundian
Bubanza : a technical school closed to the public after an Imbonerakure is stabbed
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, February 2, 2026 – Access to the Bubanza Technical School (ETB), located in Bubanza district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi, has been prohibited to the public
Kakuma : the UNHCR focuses on self-reliance to reduce the refugee dependency
SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, February 2, 2026 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a program to financially empower refugees in the Kakuma camp and its
Masisi : more than 200 dead in landslide at artisanal mine in Rubaya
Goma, January 31, 2026 – A tragedy has struck the artisanal mining site of Rubaya, in the Masisi territory of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 200 miners lost
South Kivu : the battle of Point Zero revives the highlands front
Bukavu, January 31, 2026 – The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), supported by the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) and Wazalendo militias, recaptured the strategic location
Buhumuza : 22 Congolese refugees die in a single day at Busuma camp
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, January 31, 2026 – The humanitarian situation at the Busuma refugee camp in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, has reached a critical level. Twenty-two Congolese refugees lost
South Kivu : 4 dead and 11 wounded in a grenade explosion in Sange
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, January 30, 2026 – In South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, four people were killed and eleven others wounded on Thursday, January 29,
Gitega : an army officer sentenced to a life jail for the murder of a young woman
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, January 30, 2026 – A Burundian army officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the military court sitting in Gitega, central Burundi, for the murder