General Alain Guillaume Bunyoni between life and death in Gitega

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 13, 2025 — Hospitalized since Thursday, October 9, 2025, at the Gitega Regional Hospital in Burundi’s political capital, former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, sentenced to life jail for endangering the...

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : over 50 nurses and medical workers suspended

SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, October 14, 2025 — The health sector in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, located in northwest Tanzania, is deteriorating dangerously. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partner Medical Team...

Gabon vs Burundi LIVE: Gabon triumphs 2–0 and dreams of World Cup qualification

Gabon continues to dream It’s pure celebration at the Franceville Stadium! Gabon secures three crucial points, moving up to second place in Group F of the African Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s team dreams of...

From Burundi to Washington: Recognizing the Warning Signs

Africa, Development & Aid, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Carine Kaneza Nantulya is deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch The forced deportations of immigrants without due process, violent crackdowns against...

Gitega : former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni hospitalized in very critical condition

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 9, 2025 – Former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, detained at Gitega Central Prison since July 2023, was hospitalized on Thursday morning at Gitega Regional Hospital due to complications related...

Burundi vs Kenya – Match Preview & Prediction

Burundi faces Kenya in a CAF World Cup Qualifier match at the Stade Intwari. Both teams will want to end their campaign on a high note after failing to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Neither team can qualify from Group F, but there’s still...

Bafana Bafana End 16-Year World Cup Drought

South Africa’s national football team has punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a commanding 3-0 victory over Rwanda, marking their first Mundial appearance since hosting the tournament in 2010. The dramatic final day of African...

Education voices | International trade union cooperation promotes occupational health and safety for teachers in Burundi

Since 2021, the STEB has been conducting a cooperation project with the French union SNES-FSU to improve occupational health and safety in Burundi’s schools. Rémy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the progress made with this...

Burundi : a 76-year-old man sentenced to a life jail despite lack of evidence in a rape case

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 6, 2025 – Lazare Safari, a disabled man in his seventies, has been detained since 2021 in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as Mpimba, after being accused by his tenant, Jean Nkurikiye, father of 7-year-old...

Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda lead EAC in health insurance expansion

RWANDA: TANZANIA, Kenya and Rwanda have emerged as leading East African Community (EAC) member states in expanding health insurance coverage, increasing access to medical services through formal insurance schemes. At the same time, the East...

“My motherhood was stolen” : a patient denounces medical negligence with irreversible consequences

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 9, 2025 – In Burundian hospitals, tragedies related to medical negligence often remain unreported, stifled by fear and resignation. Yet, behind these silences, lives are shattered. In Kanyosha, in the south of...

Dzaleka (Malawi) : three Burundian refugees kidnapped

SOS Médias Burundi Dzaleka (Malawi), October 8, 2025 — Three Burundian refugees, two men and a woman, were kidnapped during the night from Saturday to Sunday near the Dzaleka camp in central Malawi. Their vehicle was intercepted by unidentified...

The term of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi renewed

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 7, 2025 — The United Nations Human Rights Council has decided to extend for one year the term of Fortuné Gaétan Zongo, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi. But Gitega maintains...

Kenya’s World Cup qualifier against Burundi rocked by injuries to three key players

Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga/HANDOUT Kenya’s World Cup hopes may already be over, but Benni McCarthy’s Harambee Stars have a fresh problem — injuries to three key men just days before facing Burundi. Captain Michael Olunga, Alpha Onyango,...

Burundi Seeks Foreign Investment Amid Deep Poverty and Economic Chaos

In the outskirts of Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, Amisia Aleko struggles to feed her family on a single daily meal of renga renga, a stew of leafy vegetables. “We ate some fish in 2019. That was a good day,” said the 40-year-old mother of four,...

Harambee Stars Fired Up for Burundi Clash as Kenya Eyes Crucial Win

The Harambee Stars have set their sights firmly on victory as they prepare to face Burundi in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Thursday, October 9, in Bujumbura. Kenya’s national team camp is buzzing with optimism as captain Michael...

Burundi : the triple crisis of fuel, electricity, and water is suffocating residents, businesses, and schools

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 2, 2025 – For nearly five years, fuel has been in short supply across the small east African nation. Added to this are power outages and a shortage of drinking water that are paralyzing daily life in the...

Burundian celebrities lead rush for Rwandan citizenship

Several Burundian celebrities – both abroad and in Rwanda – are rushing to acquire Rwandan citizenship, even as relations between the two countries remain strained. The trend has sparked backlash in Bujumbura, where critics view the move as...

Tanzania doctors begin medical outreach in Comoros

COMOROS: ABOUT 50 Tanzanian medical experts in various specialties have arrived in Comoros for a week-long medical camp aimed at providing specialised health services and strengthening regional medical cooperation. The outreach follows a request...

Gitega : a police officer shoots a motorcyclist in the city center, anger rises

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 29, 2025 – An incident involving a police officer and a motorcycle taxi rider sparked outrage on Sunday, September 28, 2025, in downtown Gitega, the political capital of Burundi. According to several witnesses,...