Refugees
Mahama (Rwanda): critical lack of drinking water
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, February 24, 2026 – Water has become a dangerous luxury for refugees in the Mahama camp. For the past two weeks, the camp, in eastern Rwanda,
Uganda : Burundian asylum rights trampled, over 75% of applications rejected in an alarming “purge”
Kampala, February 23, 2026 – An alarming regression in the protection of Burundian asylum seekers is being observed in Uganda, as the recent report from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO),
Nduta camp : five refugees abducted amid fear and impending deportations
SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, February 20, 2026 – Fear is spreading in the Nduta camp in Tanzania. Five Burundian refugees have recently been abducted on different dates, the latest incident
Ruyigi : dozens of Congolese refugees behind bars for leaving their camps
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, February 21, 2026 – Several Congolese refugees from the Busuma, Nyankanda, and Bwagiriza camps, located in the district of Ruyigi, in the province of Buhumuza, eastern
DRC (Lusenda) : Burundian teachers without pay for six months, schools on the brink of chaos
SOS Média Burundi Lusenda, South Kivu : February 18, 2026 – In the Lusenda refugee camp, located in the Fizi territory of South Kivu province and home to more than
Nyarugusu and Nduta (Tanzania) : Burundian families left homeless
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu/Nduta, Tanzania, February 12, 2026 – The demolition of shelters for Burundian refugees is intensifying in camps in northwestern Tanzania, leaving many families without shelters and exposed
Meheba (Zambia) : refugees welcome the introduction of school meals
SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, February 10, 2026 – Since January, all primary schools in the Meheba camp in northwestern Zambia have been integrated into a school meal program funded by
Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : a hospital overwhelmed by the influx of Burundian and Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, February 8, 2026 – The only hospital still operational in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, in the Kigoma region of northwestern Tanzania, is overwhelmed. Located in the
Kakuma : the UNHCR focuses on self-reliance to reduce the refugee dependency
SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, February 2, 2026 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a program to financially empower refugees in the Kakuma camp and its
Nduta (Tanzania) : MSF accuses authorities of forced repatriations and serious violations of the rights of Burundian refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, January 29, 2026 – Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an NGO active in the health sector in refugee camps in Tanzania, is raising the alarm about what