Society
Busuma : water shortage and unsanitary conditions threaten the lives of Congolese refugees
SOS Médias Burundi Ruyigi, January 5, 2026 – Established as an emergency measure in early December 2025, the Busuma camp, located in Ruyigi district, Buhumuza province, in eastern Burundi, is
Storm in Bubanza : houses, bridges, and crops heavily damaged
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, December 28, 2025 – Bubanza was struck by a violent storm on the night of December 27, 2025. Houses with roofs torn off, bridges damaged, and
Mahama mourns Léonard Ngendakumana, refugee advocate and iconic coach
SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, December 18, 2025 – A Burundian refugee since the 2015 crisis, triggered by the controversial third term of the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, Léonard Ngendakumana, originally
Trafficking in children in Burundi : a banalized scourge despite repeated alerts
SOS Médias Burundi, Bujumbura, November 24, 2025- Nearly 300 children were victims of human trafficking in Burundi in 2024. While human rights defense organizations sound the alarm, the administration authorities
Bujumbura faces a crisis of public latrines : residents denounce a fine deemed unfair
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, November 12, 2025 – A new government measure has sparked anger among residents of the commercial capital. Since the publication of a joint decree by the
Gisuru : 32 Batwa households dispossessed of their land in Ndemeka
SOS Médias Burundi Gisuru, October 30, 2025 — Thirty-two households from the Batwa community of Kanyabuyenzi village, Ndemeka zone, in Gisuru district, Buhumuza province, eastern Burundi, are denouncing the dispossession
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
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
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
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