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

Governance

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

Photo de la semaine

Photo of the week-Cholera epidemic : 226 cases registered in northwestern Burundi, MSF comes to the rescue

Since the beginning of September, 226 cases of cholera have been recorded in the districts of Cibitoke and Bukinanyana, in Bujumbura province in western Burundi. Overwhelmed, treatment centers are now