Press cards : the CNC’s long silence worries journalists
Press cards : the CNC’s long silence worries journalists
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 12, 2025 – For over a year, the issuance of press cards in Burundi seems to have slowed considerably. Many journalists, whether new to the
Gitega and Makamba : bodies found almost daily, the population lives in fear
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega/Makamba, November 12, 2025 – Fear is taking hold in central and southern Burundi. For several weeks, the discovery of bodies in mysterious circumstances has been increasing
A taxi driver killed by police in Rumonge
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, November 11, 2025 — A tragedy occurred Tuesday evening in a bar in the Kanyenkoko neighborhood of Rumonge, Burunga province, in southern Burundi. A taxi driver,
Mukungu : when cheating becomes systemic and threatens pupils’ futures
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, November 11, 2025 – In the Nyanza district, in Burunga province in southern Burundi, a new scandal is shaking the education system. Eighteen pupils from the
Two men beaten to death in Gitega : land disputes and intoxication suspected
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 11, 2025 — Two people died following violent attacks this past weekend in Gitega province, in central Burundi. The incidents occurred on Bihanga and Mushikanwa
Gisuru : 32 Batwa households dispossessed of their land in Ndemeka
SOS Médias Burundi Gisuru, October 30, 2025 — Thirty-two households from the Batwa community of Kanyabuyenzi village, Ndemeka zone, in Gisuru district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, are denouncing the dispossession
Photo of the week-Minembwe : protest against the Burundian army
Thousands of residents of Minembwe, in the Fizi territory, took to the streets on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, to denounce the blocking of their commercial access routes by Burundian soldiers
South Kivu : Colonel Fureko, member of the Banyamulenge community and Wazalendo officer arrested, accused of links with the M23
SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, November 10, 2025 – Colonel Fureko, a member of the Banyamulenge community and an officer recently integrated into the local Wazalendo militias, supported by the Congolese
Gitega : two Men found hanged within three days, fear takes hold
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 10, 2025 – The province of Gitega, home to Burundi’s political capital, has once again been shaken by two gruesome discoveries made three days apart.
Gitega : a controversial legal case closes for Green Hills pupils
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 9, 2025 – All 25 pupils from Green Hills International College in Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, arrested in late October in a disciplinary
