Rumonge : Internal disputes within the CNDD-FDD before the village elections

Politic

Rumonge : Internal disputes within the CNDD-FDD before the village elections

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, August 22, 2025 – With village elections scheduled for Monday, August 25, the Kanyenkoko neighborhood, located in the city of Rumonge, in Burunga province (southern part

Criminalité

Ruyigi : concern over the death of a former administrator and the disappearance of a trader

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, August 23, 2025 – The district and capital of Ruyigi, in Buhumuza province (eastern Burundi), is plunged into a climate of concern after two mysterious events

DRC En

Two young Banyamulenge arrested by the Burundian army in eastern DRC

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, August 22, 2025 – Two young men, members of the Banyamulenge community, were arrested on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in the Bijombo groupment, Uvira territory, in

Justice En

After his arrest, a relative joins Gahungu in detention

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – On Thursday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested by the National Intelligence Service (SNR).

Médias

Burundian Parliament : private media banned

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – Private media could soon be banned from covering parliamentary activities in Burundi. Even the public press would only be allowed in exceptional

Justice En

Bujumbura : opposition leader Anicet Niyonkuru arrested for fraud

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – The president of the opposition party Council of Patriots (CDP), Anicet Niyonkuru, was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of

Criminalité

Bujumbura : General Bertin Gahungu arrested, motives remain unclear

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, and is held at the headquarters of the National

Refugees

Burundi : Congolese refugees face a deadly choice between hunger and war

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 20, 2025 – As the international funding for refugees collapses, Congolese refugees living in Burundi find themselves facing a tragic dilemma : remain in increasingly

Criminalité

Police violence in Mitakataka : a woman seriously injured and hospitalized

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, August 20, 2025 – In Bubanza district, Bujumbura province in western Burundi, outrage is widespread. On August 8, a woman was violently assaulted by a police

Governance

From the dream of emergence to the reality of hunger : Burundi at the end of its rope

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 20, 2025 – While the authorities promise to elevate Burundi to the rank of an emerging country by 2040, the daily realities paint a bleak