Nationwide shortage of gauze and gauze rolls : Burundian hospitals in difficulty

Health

Nationwide shortage of gauze and gauze rolls : Burundian hospitals in difficulty

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 4, 2025 – Since the second week of October, the small east African nation has been facing a nationwide shortage of gauze rolls and medical

Criminalité

Two men, including a local representative, reported missing after their arrest by the SNR in Mugina

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 1, 2025 — In Gasebeyi, Buhoro zone, Mugina district, in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, two men, including a local representative, were arrested on Thursday, October

Justice En

Five Green Hills International College pupils jailed in Gitega Central Prison

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, November 1, 2025 — Five pupils from Green Hills International College, located in downtown Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, have been jailed since Thursday, October

Governance

Bubanza: district administrator Jérémie Simbagoye suspended for violation of the district law

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, November 1, 2025 — The Minister of the Interior, Community Development, and Public Security has suspended Jérémie Simbagoye, administrator of the Bubanza district in Bujumbura province,

Criminalité

South Kivu : deadly clashes between Wazalendo factions, eastern Congo on the brink of implosion

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, October 30, 2025 – The Fizi territory in South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been rocked for a week by violent clashes

Security

Buhumuza : Cibari’s gold destroys land, fuels corruption, and flows to Tanzania

SOS Médias Burundi Muyinga, October 30, 2025 – In Cibari, in the district and zone of Muyinga, Buhumuza province, residents are living a true nightmare. Their fields are devastated by

Criminalité

Bujumbura : drugs wreak havoc among young people in Musaga and Kanyosha

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 30, 2025 — Drug and alcohol consumption is on the rise among young people, especially boys, in the Musaga and Kanyosha zones of Mugere district,

Health

Bujumbura : a scandal at the King Khaled University Hospital maternity ward after two newborns are switched

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 30, 2025 – A tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, October 28, at the King Khaled Hospital in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi. Two women

Society

Bujumbura : hunger worries some women in the commercial capital

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 29, 2025 – Life is becoming increasingly difficult for many families in Burundi’s commercial capital. Rampant inflation, soaring food prices, and the prolonged economic crisis

Refugees

Burundi : partial relief in refugee camps — Food Rations Extended and Increased

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, September 29, 2025 — A wave of relief is sweeping through refugee camps across Burundi. Food assistance, initially scheduled to be suspended in November, will not