Refugees

Refugees

Musenyi : cross-border solidarity – Angéline Ndayishimiye and Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi meet with Congolese refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 30, 2025 – First Ladies of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo made a joint visit to the Congolese refugee site of Musenyi, in

Criminalité

Nyarugusu : a Burundian refugee killed by police during a controversial operation

Alert usSOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, April 29, 2025 – A Burundian refugee was shot dead on Tuesday in the Nyarugusu camp, Tanzania, during a violent police raid. Five other people

Society

Burundi: solidarity with congolese refugees – a visit by the congolese delegation and a humanitarian gesture from the first lady of Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 27, 2025 – Congolese refugees in Burundi recently received significant support from the authorities of the two neighboring countries. On the one hand, a Congolese

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda): Nearly 10,000 new refugees welcomed in precarious conditions

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, April 26, 2025 – More than 10,000 asylum seekers, mainly Congolese and Burundian, have just been granted refugee status in Uganda. But in Nakivale, their daily

Refugees

DRC : a truce announced between Kinshasa and the M23 under Qatari mediation, but fighting continues in the east

SOS Médias Burundi Despite a joint declaration announcing a truce between the Congolese government and the M23 under the auspices of Qatar, armed clashes continue in the eastern Democratic Republic

Refugees

Tanzania : humanitarian NGOs threatened to close, thousands of Burundian refugees fear forced repatriation

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, April 24, 2025 — Burundian refugees living in the Tanzanian camps of Nduta and Nyarugusu, in the Kigoma region of northwest Tanzania, are increasingly worried. During

Refugees

South Kivu : Burundian Tutsi refugees targeted by ethnic hatred and authorities’ inaction

SOS Médias Burundi In the Mulongwe and Lusenda camps in South Kivu, eastern Congo, thousands of Burundian Tutsi refugees live under constant threat. Discrimination, violence, and deprivation : they accuse

Refugees

Nakivale (Uganda) : ethnic tensions divide Burundian refugee churches

SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, April 20, 2025 – Ethnic divisions are causing concern in several Burundian refugee churches in the Nakivale camp in southwestern Uganda. Two churches have already officially

Refugees

Malawi – Dzaleka : armed robbery of a Rwandan refugee, more than 800,000 kwachas stolen

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka, April 17, 2025 – An armed robbery was committed Tuesday night at the Dzaleka refugee camp, located in Dowa district, central Malawi. The victim, a Rwandan

Refugees

South Kivu : a Burundian journalist arrested in Mulongwe, suspected of links with the Red-Tabara group

SOS Médias Burundi Mulongwe, April 17, 2025 – Burundian journalist Gérardine Ingabire, a refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo and an employee of the community radio station Amani FM