Society
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
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
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
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
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