Society
Ruyigi : warning shots fired at the Busuma site during Eid al-Adha celebrations
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, May 28, 2026 – Warning shots were heard on the evening of Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at the Busuma Congolese refugee site in Ruyigi district, Buhumuza
Bubanza : farmers’ anger and concerns over a persistent urea shortage
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, May 18, 2026 — Farmers in the district of Bubanza, in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, are denouncing a persistent shortage of urea-type chemical fertilizers, despite having
Burundi : violence, abuse, and alleged torture… FDNB officers implicated in two serious cases
SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, May 13, 2026 — Two cases involving officers of the FDNB (Burundi National Defense Force) have been shaking the province of Burunga, in southern Burundi, for
Burundi : the biometric ID card still far from a reality
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 11, 2026 – Presented by the Burundian government as a major step towards administrative modernization, the future national biometric and digital identity card is generating
Burundi : social unrest over the high cost of living, tensions between workers and the government amid economic constraints
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, May 1, 2026 – The celebration of the International Workers’ Day, held on Friday at the Ingoma Stadium in Gitega, the political capital of the small
Rumonge : families evicted from their land, the shadow of forced expropriation hangs over Burambi and Rusabagi
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, April 13, 2026 — A tense land dispute is gripping the district of Rumonge, in Burunga province in the south of the small East African nation,
Kirundo-Busoni : a single cold room for nearly a million inhabitants, an alarming sanitary challenge
SOS Médias Burundi Kirundo, March 27, 2026 — In the north of the small east African nation, the districts of Kirundo and Busoni, today attached to the province of Butanyerera,
Bujumbura : the charcoal shortage stifles households
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, March 26, 2026 — The charcoal shortage is reaching alarming proportions in several neighborhoods of the commercial capital of this small east African nation. Merchants and
Fertilizer shortage : farmers in Bururi and Matana struggle during crop season B
SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, March 24, 2026 — Farmers in the districts of Bururi and Matana, in Burunga province in the south of the small east African nation, are facing
Drinking water shortage in Carama : residents fear health risks
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, March 23, 2026— In the Carama I and II neighborhoods, located in the Ntahangwa district, north of Burundi’s commercial capital, Bujumbura, the drinking water shortage has