Burundi : new concerns for Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana, a case in the making?

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Burundi : new concerns for Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana, a case in the making?

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 29, 2025 – Since Friday, Kenny Claude Nduwimana has been transferred from Bujumbura Central Prison (Mpimba) to the cells of the National Intelligence Service (SNR).

Governance

Kirundo : a hospital without a director for two months, operations paralyzed

SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, October 28, 2025 – Since the departure of Dr. Prosper Nimubona, former director of Kirundo Hospital in Butanyerera Province, northern Burundi, at the beginning of August

Human Rights

Kavumu : a crumbling road stifles humanitarian and economic access

SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, October 28, 2025 – In Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, the road linking the Kavumu refugee camp to the National Road number 13, passing through the towns

Criminalité

Bujumbura : ALUCHOTO raises alarm about violence and ill-treatment of Burundians abroad

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 28, 2025 — In a statement recently released, the Burundian Association for the Fight Against Unemployment and Torture (ALUCHOTO) denounced serious violations of fundamental rights

Criminalité

Rumonge : 14 youths arrested for an alleged plot against the chief of Mwange village

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 28, 2025 — Fourteen young people affiliated with the ruling CNDD-FDD party, the Imbonerakure, but known locally as abasatirizi, were arrested on Thursday, October 24,

Governance

Rutana : two men Sentenced for harming the national economy in a fertilizer fraud case

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, October 28, 2025 — The Rutana First Instance Court sentenced two men, Alexis Kwizera, a driver, and Ferdinand Manirakiza, to six months in prison and a

Human Rights

Burundi : STEB calls for recognition of teachers’ occupational illnesses

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 27, 2025 – On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, STEB highlighted the vulnerability of teachers to illnesses related to their

Criminalité

Gatumba : the controversial detention of the police station chief and his deputy shakes the PNB

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 27, 2025 – The police station chief of Gatumba, Major Sylvestre Nshimirimana, on the border between Burundi and the DRC, and his deputy, Priscille Ndayisenga,

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : tuberculosis threatens refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, October 27, 2025 – About fifteen refugees have been admitted since the beginning of October to the Nyarugugu Health Center IV, designated to receive all tuberculosis

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Photo of the week-Burundi : associations demand the right to pay tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site

Burundian authorities continue to prevent associations defending the rights of Tutsi victims from paying tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site in Gitega, central Burundi. This is the site where,