U20 Women off to Burundi for FIFA World Cup qualifier 

The Zambia Under-20 Women National Team has left for Bujumbura ahead of Friday’s second round 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Burundi. Coach Charity Nthala has travelled with a 21-member squad for this assignment with the team leaving aboard...

Kavumu (Cankuzo) : Congolese refugees deprived of essential medical care in Burundi’s largest camp

SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, September 15, 2025 – Kavumu camp, located in the Cankuzo region of Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, hosts more than 20,000 Congolese refugees and is the largest reception site in the country, which has a total of...

Rwanda, DRC, Burundi: December start for hydropower plant

Construction of the $800 million Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project is scheduled to begin in December 2025, with full works commencing in January 2026. The project, which is expected to generate 206MW of electricity, is designed to expand...

Bujumbura : the 2025 school year weighed down by inflation and stagnant wages

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 12, 2025 – With the start of the school year scheduled for September 15 in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, Burundian families are experiencing real anxiety. Families are facing soaring...

Bujumbura : breastfeeding mothers face transportation obstacles

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – While the World Breastfeeding Week emphasizes the importance of exclusively breastfeeding one’s child for six months, many mothers in Bujumbura struggle to follow this recommendation....

Burundi : triple murder of Italian nuns, 11years of silence and mystery

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – Eleven years after the cowardly murder of three sisters from the Xaverian missionary community, originally from Italy, the Burundian justice system has still not identified or brought to justice...

Rumonge: Kukatika kwa umeme na tuhuma za ufisadi pale Regideso

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, Septemba 14, 2025 – Huko Rumonge, umeme umekatika. Katika mji huu wa bandari ulioko kusini-magharibi mwa Burundi, wakaazi wamekuwa wakikabiliwa na hitilafu za muda mrefu za umeme kwa siku kadhaa, jambo ambalo...

Meheba (Zambia): Kifo kinachowakera wakimbizi

SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, Septemba 14, 2025 – Kifo cha mkimbizi wa Burundi mwenye umri wa miaka 60 katika kambi ya Meheba kaskazini-magharibi mwa Zambia kimezua hasira na hasira miongoni mwa wakimbizi. Mwathiriwa, Jean Pierre Niyongabo, anayetoka...

Bururi : a Pentecostal ordination amidst fervor, tensions, and political issues

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, September 15, 2025 – The ordination of Pastor Eliachim Nirikana as head of the Kiremba Sud Pentecostal Mission, in the Bururi district of Burunga province, was both a celebration of faith and a moment of visible...

Bururi: Kutawazwa kwa Kipentekoste Katikati ya Shauku, Mivutano, na Masuala ya Kisiasa.

SOS Médias Burundi Bururi, Septemba 15, 2025 – Kutawazwa kwa Mchungaji Eliachim Nirikana kama mkuu wa Misheni ya Kipentekoste ya Kiremba Sud, katika tarafa ya Bururi ya mokoa Burunga, ilikuwa sherehe ya imani na wakati wa migawanyiko inayoonekana...

Ngozi: Kukatika kwa umeme kwa muda mrefu kunalemaza biashara na kuzidisha ukosefu wa usalama Kaskazini

SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, Septemba 15, 2025 – Katika maeneo ya Kirundo, Ngozi, na Kayanza, kukatika kwa umeme kunatatiza sana maisha ya kila siku na shughuli za kiuchumi. Huko Regideso, kampuni pekee inayomilikiwa na serikali inayohusika na...

Twenty-nine years after his assassination, the shadow of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna still hangs over Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 10, 2025 — Twenty-nine years after the assassination of Bishop Joachim Ruhuna, former Archbishop of Gitega, his relatives continue to demand justice. The prelate was killed on September 9, 1996, on the Mubarazi...

Nyarugusu (Tanzania) : a hospital closed, Burundian refugees contact the UNHCR

SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, September 11, 2025 – The NGO Medical Team International has closed one of its hospitals in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, a decision that has sparked anger and despair among Burundian refugees. This hospital,...

Burundi hails China's support for long-term development vision

BUJUMBURA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Burundian government has commended China for its support in advancing Burundi's development, a senior official said Tuesday evening during celebrations marking the 76th anniversary of the founding of the...

Burundi : Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu jailed in Mpimba, reasons for his detention still unknown

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 6, 2025 — Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Saturday, September 6, at 4:30 PM to Bujumbura Central Prison, commonly known as Mpimba, after spending more than two weeks in the...

Scorpions’ boss pleased with win over Burundi

By Momodou Jarju The head coach of Scorpions Johnathan McKinstry told GFF Media that he was pleased with the 2-0 victory they secured against Burundi in the eighth round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He also shared his elation with the Gambian...

Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu transferred to a Bujumbura hospital

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Tuesday afternoon to a hospital in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, sources familiar with the case told SOS Médias Burundi. According...

Burundi’s former foreign minister appointed new President of ECOWAS

The Economic Community of Central African States has a new president: Ézéchiel Nibigira, Burundi’s former Foreign Minister. He was appointed to a five-year term at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, succeeding Angola’s Gilberto Verissimo....

Burundi’s Ézéchiel Nibigira Appointed President Of Central African Bloc ECCAS

The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has appointed Burundi’s former Foreign Minister, Ézéchiel Nibigira, as its new president. Nibigira was chosen on Sunday at a summit in Equatorial Guinea to serve a five-year term, succeeding...

Burundi's Ézéchiel Nibigira appointed president of Economic Community of Central African States

The Economic Community of Central African States has a new president: Ézéchiel Nibigira, Burundi's former Foreign Minister. He was appointed to a five-year term at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, succeeding Angola's Gilberto Verissimo....