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Bujumbura : a scandal at the King Khaled University Hospital maternity ward after two newborns are switched

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 30, 2025 – A tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, October 28, at the King Khaled Hospital in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi. Two women

Society

Bujumbura : hunger worries some women in the commercial capital

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 29, 2025 – Life is becoming increasingly difficult for many families in Burundi’s commercial capital. Rampant inflation, soaring food prices, and the prolonged economic crisis

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Bujumbura : At the Oasis orphanage in Gihosha, children exposed to inadequate care

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 22, 2025 – The Oasis orphanage, located in Gihosha, near the Marian Shrine of Schoenstatt – Mont Sion Gikungu, in the north of the commercial

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Bugabira : a forgotten population, deprived of drinking water

SOS Médias Burundi Bugabira, October 15, 2025 – In the Bugabira area, a district bordering Kirundo (formerly a northern province of the small east African nation), access to drinking water

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Bubanza : selective water distribution, anger grows in the district town center

SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, October 13, 2025 – As water shortages worsen in the center of the Bubanza district town center, residents are denouncing unequal distribution between neighborhoods. Accusations of

Security

Persistent tensions on the border : the Malagarazi River is sweeping away the Burundian land, the Rutana court reacts firmly

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, October 13, 2025 — As the Malagarazi River changes its course and sweeps away Burundian land to the benefit of Tanzania, border tensions are intensifying. The

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Rwanda : death of Marie Immaculée Ingabire, emblematic figure in the fight against corruption

SOS Médias Burundi Kigali, October 9, 2025 — Transparency International Rwanda confirmed on Thursday morning the death of its president, Marie Immaculée Ingabire, at the age of 63. A longtime

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Buhumuza – scandal : a stillborn child disappears at Ruyigi hospital

SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, October 1, 2025 – On the night of September 21, a couple lost their first child, stillborn in the maternity ward of Ruyigi District Hospital, in

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Burundi : subsidized fertilizers now conditional on contour lines

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 25, 2025 — Burundian Prime Minister Nestor Ntahontuye announced Thursday that the allocation of organo-mineral fertilizers will now be reserved for farmers who have traced

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Kakuma (Kenya) : the lack of cemetery frustrates refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, September 25, 2025 — In the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, overcrowding and a lack of space pose serious challenges for residents, particularly in ensuring dignified