Kenya’s Craydel Expands into Burundi, Tanzania, Strengthening Pan-African EdTech Footprint

Advertisements Kenyan edtech startup Craydel has extended its reach into Burundi and Tanzania, becoming the first education technology firm from Kenya to establish operations across seven African markets. Being its fourth expansion in less than a...

LONGi Joins Hands with CAPP to Illuminate Central Africa with Innovative Microgrid Solutions

Recently, Mr. Dennis She, Vice President of LONGi, held a meeting with Mr. ATADET AZARAK MOGRO, Permanent Secretary of the Central African Power Pool (CAPP), and Mr. RIGOBERT GBAZI, Head of the Power Technology Department. The two sides held...

Astral Aviation flies WHO aid to DRC to support Ebola outbreak response

Kenya-based Astral Aviation has flown a World Health Organization (WHO) charter delivering 12 tonnes of emergency medical supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in support of the country’s Ebola outbreak response. The consignment...

Tanzania, Burundi hailed for strategic cross-border SGR project

DAR ES SALAAM: ACADEMICS and analysts have lauded Tanzania and Burundi for forging a strategic partnership in implementing a cross-border electric Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project, saying it will significantly boost trade volumes and enhance...

CRDB raises billions in Tanzania, DRC, Burundi

DAR ES SALAAM: THE CRDB Bank Marathon has once again proven its regional impact, raising billions across Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi to support life-saving health services and community development. From funding...

Social crisis in Burunga : Batwa demand more aid to save schools and families’ survival

SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, September 13, 2025 – In Burunga province, southern Burundi, poverty is hitting Batwa families hard : children are dropping out of school and mothers are turning to precarious activities to survive. Faced with this...

How to watch Champions League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free games

Watch Champions League 2025/26 live streams as Paris Saint-Germain attempt to successfully defend the title they won courtesy of a 5-0 thumping of Inter Milan in last season’s final. The revamped Champions League proved to be a huge success last...

Back-to-school in danger in Cibitoke boarding schools : pupils exposed to hunger and diseases

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 14, 2025 – On the eve of the start of the school year, concern is prevalent in several boarding schools in the Cibitoke region of Bujumbura province, western Burundi. Between food shortages, dilapidated...

Meheba (Zambia) : a death that irritates refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Meheba, September 14, 2025 – The death of a 60-year-old Burundian refugee in Meheba camp in northwestern Zambia has sparked anger and indignation among refugees. The victim, Jean Pierre Niyongabo, originally from Bururi province...

Letter from the Editors: Journalism in a Time of Crisis

Dear Reader, There’s this moment in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” when Prior Walter’s centuries-old ancestors visit him late at night. Walter is sick, dying but not dead. “The twentieth century. Oh dear,” one of Walter’s ancestors says. “The...

Back to school – parents strangled by soaring prices

SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, September 13, 2025 – With the start of the school year scheduled for Monday, September 15, anxiety is growing in Gitega households : the soaring prices of school supplies and uniforms are putting parents under severe...

In Ngagara, a new body dumped in a bag raises concern

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – One month after a first gruesome discovery, a new body was found on Wednesday in Ngagara, confirming fears of growing insecurity in this northern Bujumbura neighborhood. The lifeless body of a...

Tanzania vets all foreigners in fresh crackdown

Tanzania has launched a nationwide operation targeting foreigners living and working in the country illegally. This follows the ban on foreigners engaging in around 15 small-scale trades in July. According to officials, the crackdown will affect...

Which Countries Use Russian Fighter Jets?

After World War II, two nations became the largest producers of fighter jets: the United States and the Soviet Union. Both countries routinely export their fighters to allied nations around the world, so you can find aviators flying Russian...

Government council to debate banking law, anti-doping decree, and tax treaty Thursday

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics with MAPMonday 15 September 2025 - 23:33 A government council, chaired by Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, is set to convene on Thursday, according to a press release from his office. At the beginning of...

Uvira : a high-level government delegation faces a bloody protest against General Gasita

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, September 12, 2025 — A large delegation from the Congolese government, led by the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Territorial Administration, and Customary Affairs, Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo, arrived in Uvira on...

Abiy opens Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam amid escalating tensions in Horn of Africa

On September 11, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $5 billion megaproject that has been under construction since 2011. Operations started in February 2002, with the reservoir...

CCM pledges rail-led growth

KIGOMA: TANZANIANS have been urged to seize economic opportunities arising from major development projects, including the ongoing construction of the electric Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza and Kigoma, with a branch...

Mpanda : a husband seriously injures his wife, the court calls for action

SOS Médias Burundi Mpanda, September 12, 2025 — A violent domestic dispute turned tragic on Tuesday, September 9, in Rugunga village, Mudubugu Zone, in Mpanda district, Bujumbura province, western Burundi. A woman was seriously injured in the face...

KCB East Africa Golf Tour lands in Tanzania, set to roar at Lugalo Golf Club

Dar es Salaam. The highly anticipated KCB East Africa Golf Tour is teeing off in Tanzania this at the prestigious Lugalo Golf Club course on Saturday, September 20, 2025, marking another milestone in the regional golf calendar. More than 200...