Society
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
Kiremba : end of planting without fertilizer, farmers on the brink of despair
SOS Médias Burundi Kiremba, March 18, 2026 — The planting period for the B farming season officially ended on March 15, 2026, in Burundi, leaving behind a deep sense of
Buhumuza : drinking water shortage at Nyankanda refugee camp after a spring destruction
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, March 17, 2026 — The Nyankanda refugee camp, located in the district of Ruyigi, in Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, is currently facing a severe drinking water
Burundi : tribute to Jackson Bahati, a giant of journalism has passed away
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, March 17, 2026 — Burundian journalist Jackson Bahati passed away on Monday, March 16, 2026. More than a media professional, he was a respected figure, a