Tanzania : when the authorities turn religious leaders into instruments of forced repatriation

Refugees

Tanzania : when the authorities turn religious leaders into instruments of forced repatriation

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, September 24, 2025 – From Nduta to Nyarugusu, pastors, leaders of religious movements, and sheikhs were ordered to actively participate in raising awareness among Burundian refugees

Éducation

Buhumuza : strict uniforms and “forced fields,” the governor under pressure

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, September 24, 2025 – Since her arrival, the governor of Buhumuza, in eastern Burundi, Ms. Denise Ndaruhekere, has faced growing opposition. Her decisions, deemed “hasty” and

Governance

Bujumbura : the Prime Minister demands results from public enterprises despite meager state investments

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 24, 2025 – Meeting on Tuesday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital where United Nations agencies and the central administration are concentrated, the heads of public

Criminalité

Burundi : a Rwandan soldier arrested after crossing the border

SOS Médias Burundi, Kirundo, September 24, 2025 – A Rwandan sergeant, Emmanuel Sadiki, a driver with the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), was intercepted on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, approximately 700

Environment

Gitega : women innovate for a cleaner environment through recycling

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 24, 2025 – In Gitega, the political capital of Burundi, a group of women with degrees in soil and environmental sciences are transforming their knowledge

Society

Grim confusion : a body exchanged between two families at Karusi hospital

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, September 23, 2025 – In Karusi, in Gitega province, central Burundi, an identification error in the morgue of the “Twese Turashoboye” hospital led to a dramatic

Criminalité

South Kivu : the strategic town of Nzibira falls into the hands of the M23, Kindu and Kisangani in the crosshairs

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 23, 2025 – The mining town of Nzibira, in the Walungu territory of South Kivu, fell under the control of the M23 rebels on Sunday,

Criminalité

Burunga : the body of a teenage girl found in disturbing circumstances in Mahwa

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 23, 2025 – A teenage girl of approximately 15 years of age was found dead on Saturday, September 20, along National Road 16, in the

Éducation

FSTE loan : fleeing teachers leave more than 250 million Burundi francs unpaid

SOS Médias Burundi, Bujumbura, September 23, 2025 – Several primary and secondary school teachers, particularly in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi and in Rumonge district (Burunga province in the south),

Refugees

Buhumuza: end of Merankabandi, two years of cash transfers that transformed the lives of refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, September 22, 2025 – The program Merankabandi, a joint initiative of the Burundian government, the World Bank, and the World Food Program (WFP), has concluded in