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Village elections in Bubanza : suspicions of cheating and blocking of results

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, August 27, 2025 — The village elections held on August 25 in the Bubanza region, Bujumbura province (western Burundi), were marked by serious irregularities, particularly in

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Bujumbura : low turnout and irregularities during village elections

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 25, 2025 – The elections for village and neighborhood leaders in Bujumbura province (western Burundi) were marked on Monday, August 25, by a low turnout

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Village elections : the shadow of the ruling party hangs over Buhumuza

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, August 24, 2025 – As village elections take place on Monday, August 25, the province of Buhumuza, in eastern Burundi, is shaken by a series of

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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

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Burunga : the opposition muzzled even before the village elections

SOS Médias Burundi, Burunga, August 11, 2025 – In Burunga, in the south of the country, while some candidates registered for the village elections have been campaigning for nearly a

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Burundi : Ndayishimiye tightens his control with a reduced government and strategic returns

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 5, 2025 – A few hours after appointing Nestor Ntahontuye as Prime Minister, President Évariste Ndayishimiye unveiled, through his spokesperson Rosine Guilène Gatoni, the composition

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Nestor Ntahontuye, former Minister of Finance, becomes Prime Minister of Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 5, 2025 — President Évariste Ndayishimiye appointed Nestor Ntahontuye as Prime Minister on Tuesday, according to a presidential decree signed on August 5. His appointment

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Gervais Ndirakobuca, the former Prime Minister with a controversial past, wins the presidency of the Burundian Senate

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, August 5, 2025 – Former Prime Minister and police general Gervais Ndirakobuca was unanimously elected President of the Burundian Senate on Tuesday, during the formal opening

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Burundi : Daniel Gélase Ndabirabe reappointed as Speaker of the National Assembly despite controversies

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, Thursday, July 31, 2025 – Daniel Gélase Ndabirabe was reappointed on Thursday as Speaker of the National Assembly of Burundi. The election was held in the

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Senatorial elections in Burundi : the CNDD-FDD wins all seats, the opposition swept aside

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 27, 2025 – Burundi’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the provisional results of the July 23 senatorial elections on Friday. According to its president,