Education in danger in Burundi : French, a major obstacle to quality education

Éducation

Education in danger in Burundi : French, a major obstacle to quality education

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 15, 2025 – The Burundian education system continues to face serious challenges, including insufficient proficiency in French, the official language of instruction, which appears to

Society

Bugabira : a forgotten population, deprived of drinking water

SOS Médias Burundi Bugabira, October 15, 2025 – In the Bugabira area, a district bordering Kirundo (formerly a northern province of the small east African nation), access to drinking water

Refugees

Tanzania : four more schools closed in Burundian refugee camps

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, October 15, 2025 – Four more schools attended by Burundian refugees were closed this week in the Nyarugusu and Nduta camps in northwest Tanzania. These closures

Criminalité

An octogenarian found dead in Bugendana : two suspects arrested, witchcraft suspected

SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, October 15, 2025 – The population of Rushanga village, in the district of Bugendana, Gitega province in central Burundi, is in shock after the discovery of

Criminalité

Burunga : Mutambara counts non-residents in the face of insecurity

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 12, 2025 – An operation to identify so-called “irregular” residents was launched on Monday in Mutambara village, located in the Gatete zone, Rumonge district, Burunga

Health

Burunga : Rumonge takes strict measures to contain cholera

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, October 14, 2025 — Following the confirmation of three cholera cases in Rutumo village, in the Minago zone, Rumonge district, Burunga province, southern Burundi, the district

Criminalité

Buganda : a grenade kills an elderly man and a child, two other family members injured

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 14, 2025 — A grenade attack has left a family in Gasenyi village, Buganda zone, Bukinanyana district, Bujumbura province, western Burundi, in mourning. The 72-year-old

Health

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : over 50 nurses and medical workers suspended

SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, October 14, 2025 — The health sector in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, located in northwest Tanzania, is deteriorating dangerously. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Criminalité

Crisis in the DRC : the first agreement reached between the AFC-M23 and Kinshasa

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 14, 2025 — After several weeks of tense talks, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel movement reached a major milestone on

Médias

Ngozi : Journalist Sandra Muhoza continues to be detained despite calls for her release

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, October 14, 2025 — The Ngozi First Instance Court decided on October 14 to continue detaining journalist Sandra Muhoza, pending a thorough review of her case.