Goal and Highlights for Ivory Coast 1-0 Burundi in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match

Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match, with all the action and excitement (or even the lack thereof, like today) here on VAVEL. Good afternoon, and see you next time! END OF MATCH...

Rumonge : power outages and suspicions of corruption at Regideso

SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, September 14, 2025 – In Rumonge, the power has gone out. In this port city located in southwestern Burundi, residents have been experiencing long power outages for several days, plunging the population into anger and...

Kaburantwa – DRC : Burundian military convoys en route to South Kivu, amid regional tensions and official silence

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 2, 2025 — For three days, heavy Burundian military convoys have been passing through the town of Kaburantwa, in the Cibitoke region of Bujumbura province, northwest Burundi, bound for the Democratic Republic...

Poor and tiny, yet rich in resources, Burundi lobbies for US investment

In recent years, Rwanda has generated global admiration for its success in dramatically reducing poverty, fighting corruption, luring tourism and leading the way in telecom and infrastructure investment. Its capital, Kigali, is considered the...

Bye-bye Arusha Accords as Burundi solidifies one-party rule

Burundi’s recent legislative elections delivered a final blow to political pluralism in the small Central African country. The ruling party won all contested seats in the National Assembly and the Senate. Local elections wrapped up last week,...

Cote d’Ivoire vs Burundi Prediction and Betting Tips | September 5th 2025

Cote d'Ivoire will host Burundi at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium on Friday for the seventh round in Group F of the CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification campaign. The hosts will be keen to get a result and be one step closer to earning direct...

Ntala names provisional U20 Squad to face Burundi

ZAMBIA Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Charity Nthala has unveiled a 34-member provisional squad ahead of the crucial second-round FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Burundi, scheduled for September 19 and 27. The squad...

Bujumbura : low turnout and irregularities during village elections

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 25, 2025 – The elections for village and neighborhood leaders in Bujumbura province (western Burundi) were marked on Monday, August 25, by a low turnout and numerous irregularities. Delays in opening polling...

Burundi wraps up 2025 electoral process with village, neighborhood polls

BUJUMBURA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 6 million Burundians went to the polls on Monday to elect village and neighborhood councilors, concluding the country's 2025 electoral process. Prosper Ntahorwamiye, chairperson of the National Independent...

UN experts alarmed by increase in serious human rights violations during election period: Burundi

OHCHR GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern about the increase in serious human rights violations in Burundi, that has included attacks against civil society and political opponents and election violence. Between January 2024 and May...

Burundi’s military gamble in DR Congo

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...

UN experts slam ‘widespread impunity’ in Burundi

Burundian Parliament : private media banned

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 22, 2025 – Private media could soon be banned from covering parliamentary activities in Burundi. Even the public press would only be allowed in exceptional circumstances, raising fears of a significant decline...

Nduta (Tanzania) : a Burundian refugee found dead in the camp

SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, August 30, 2025 – The lifeless body of a Burundian refugee, known as Adelin, was found on the morning of Friday, August 29, 2025, in a gutter in the middle of Nduta camp, Tanzania. According to witnesses, he may have been...

Western Burundi : village elections marred by electoral fraud and manipulation

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 28, 2025 – The August 25 village elections in Bujumbura province, western Burundi, organized under the supervision of the CEPI (Independent Provincial Electoral Commission), were supposed to strengthen local...

Bujumbura : General Bertin Gahungu arrested, motives remain unclear

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was arrested in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, and is held at the headquarters of the National Intelligence Service (SNR), but the reasons for his...

Burundi : Congolese refugees face a deadly choice between hunger and war

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 20, 2025 – As the international funding for refugees collapses, Congolese refugees living in Burundi find themselves facing a tragic dilemma : remain in increasingly precarious conditions or return to a country...

Bujumbura : opposition leader Anicet Niyonkuru arrested for fraud

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, August 21, 2025 – The president of the opposition party Council of Patriots (CDP), Anicet Niyonkuru, was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura, the commercial capital of Burundi, and taken to the municipal police...

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...