Burundi : a commission visits several prisons and reviews the cases of political prisoners and coup plotters
Burundi : a commission visits several prisons and reviews the cases of political prisoners and coup plotters
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 27, 2025 – A delegation recently toured several prisons in Burundi. Among the prisoners met were the coup plotters incarcerated at Gitega Central Prison, in
Kayanza : five years in jail for fatally beating a man
SOS Médias Burundi Kayanza, November 27, 2025 – The Kayanza First Instance Court, in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi, sentenced a resident of Muhweza village to five years in prison,
Musema : two fires in one week at the girls’ dormitory, one pupil dead and extensive damage
SOS Médias Burundi Butanyerera, November 25, 2025 – A new fire broke out on Tuesday morning, November 25, in the girls’ dormitory of the Musema boarding school in Matongo district,
Prosecutor General’s Office : Rose Nkorerimana, the first woman to break the glass ceiling
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 – Burundi has just reached a historic milestone : for the first time since independence in 1962, a woman has been appointed to
Burundi : former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni still hospitalized in Gitega
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 25, 2025 — Former Burundian Prime Minister, General Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, remains hospitalized at the Gitega Regional Hospital in the political capital, where he has
Musenyi : Congolese refugees rise up to say no to gender-based violence
SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, November 25, 2025 – The Congolese refugee camp in Musenyi, located in southeastern Burundi, was the scene of a powerful and symbolic mobilization on Tuesday, November
Meheba (Zambia) : climate change negatively impacts the agricultural harvest
SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, November 24, 2025 – Refugees in the Meheba camp, in northwestern Zambia, are experiencing very poor agricultural production following uncontrolled and unpredictable rainfall after a prolonged
South Kivu : clashes between Wazalendo and FARDC escalate and increase the death toll in Uvira
SOS Médias Burundi Uvira, November 24, 2025 – The security situation remains extremely tense in the city of Uvira and its surrounding areas, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Trafficking in children in Burundi : a banalized scourge despite repeated alerts
SOS Médias Burundi, Bujumbura, November 24, 2025- Nearly 300 children were victims of human trafficking in Burundi in 2024. While human rights defense organizations sound the alarm, the administration authorities
Photo of the week : nearly 500 men break the silence on domestic economic violence
Nearly 500 Burundian men have dared to speak out. Since 2021, they have confided in the association “Men in Distress” (Abagabo mu gahinda) to denounce the violence they suffer within