Society
Buhumuza: promises of employment facing a reality of poverty and social exclusion
SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, June 16, 2026 – Despite official pronouncements touting entrepreneurship, innovation, and self-employment as solutions to unemployment, many rural youth, female heads of households, and members of
Musasa : a refugee camp without water for six months, the humanitarian crisis worsens
SOS Médias Burundi Kiremba, June 11, 2026 – The humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly worrying in the Musasa refugee camp, in Kiremba district, Butanyerera province, northern Burundi, where more than
Kirundo : the State accused of abandoning thousands of citizens to a protracted water crisis with serious health consequences
Residents of Kiri, Kiyonza, and Ruhehe face a chronic drinking water shortage SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, June 9, 2026 – A severe drinking water shortage has been affecting residents of
Kiremba : the bean harvest collapses, farmers sound the alarm
Kiremba, June 9, 2026 – Farmers in the district of Kiremba, in the province of Butanyerera in northern Burundi, are reporting a worrying assessment of the 2026 B season agricultural
Rumonge : schools in crisis, over 3,400 dropouts in just a few months
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 7, 2026 – The port city of Rumonge, in Burunga province in southwestern Burundi, is facing a worrying situation in the education sector. More than
Rumonge : poor harvest causes soaring tangerine prices
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 5, 2026 – Tangerine prices have risen sharply in the Kizuka zone of Rumonge district, Burunga province, in southwestern Burundi, during this harvest season. This
Bujumbura : residents denounce a “scam” surrounding social housing
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 4, 2026 – Faced with a prolonged wait, many residents of Burundi’s commercial capital are expressing growing skepticism about the social housing project initiated by
Buterere landfill : urgent measures announced to relieve congestion at a site under pressure
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 2, 2026 – The Buterere landfill, located west of the Ntahangwa district, north of Burundi’s commercial capital, is facing serious management challenges that are disrupting
Returned but threatened : refugees accuse political and security networks of blocking land restitution
SOS Médias Burundi Makamba, May 31, 2026 – Behind the mass return of Burundian refugees from Tanzania lies a reality far more complex than the official rhetoric of “voluntary return”
Rutegama livestock market : a drinking water shortage worries traders and users
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 28, 2026 – The Rutegama livestock market, located in the district and province of Gitega, in central Burundi, is facing a severe drinking water shortage