Burundi : an unknown disease kills two people in Makamba, the population on alert

Health

Burundi : an unknown disease kills two people in Makamba, the population on alert

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, July 5, 2025 – A mysterious disease has killed two people in Makamba district, now part of Burunga province, in southern Burundi. Health authorities are trying

Criminalité

14 life sentences, the verdict expected on Tuesday

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 7, 2025 – The First Instance Court of Bujumbura (western Burundi) delivered its closing arguments on Monday, July 7, in the case of the massacre

Governance

Giharo : controversy surrounding decisions of hillside notables amidst political interference and violations of moral norms

SOS Médias Burundi Giharo, July 7, 2025 – A wind of protest is blowing through the district of Giharo, in Rutana province – now Burunga (southeastern Burundi) – following a

Society

Ciibitoke : a farmer brutally beaten to death in a disputed field

SOS Médias Burundi, Cibitoke, – The lifeless body of Julienne Nahayo, 59 years old, was discovered Sunday afternoon in a cassava field in Gabiro-Ruvyagira village, in the Rugombo zone, Cibitoke

Criminalité

Gitega : a conflict over theft ends in murder among the Batwa minority group

SOS Mëdias Burundi Gitega, July 7, 2025 – In Gitega (central Burundi), a conflict over the sharing of stolen goods turned tragic within the Batwa community. A quarrel between three

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week : due to lack of ambulances, pregnant women in Bubanza travel hours by motorcycle, risking their lives

In Bubanza province, western Burundi, women living in remote communities are denouncing the lack of ambulances to evacuate complicated pregnancies. Lacking adequate transportation, they are forced to travel by motorcycle,

Criminalité

Révérien Ndikuriyo, Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD, suspends exams in Makamba for a political meeting

SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, July 3, 2025 – The resit exams scheduled to take place on Thursday in several schools in Makamba district, southern Burundi, were unable to proceed normally.

Médias

Bujumbura : journalist Willy Kwizera appears before the prosecutor’s office, but his perpetrators remain at large

SOS Médias Burundi | Bujumbura, July 3, 2025 Journalist Willy Kwizera, of Radio Bonesha FM, appeared on Thursday before the Mukaza prosecutor’s office in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi,

Refugees

Dzaleka camp : Malawi inventories precarious housing, refugees skeptical

SOS Médias Burundi | Dzaleka, July 3, 2025 – A census of houses in poor condition began on Tuesday at the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi. The initiative, jointly led

Politic

Burundi : governors appointed, opposition absent, CNDD-FDD reigns supreme

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, July 3, 2025 – On Thursday, July 3, 2025, the Burundian Senate unanimously approved the appointment of five new governors, all members of the ruling CNDD-FDD