Kiswahili Day’s global celebration brightens Swedish capital

STOCKHOLM: It was a colourful event when the Tanzanian Embassy in Sweden, in collaboration with Tanzanian diaspora communities , successfully staged a grand celebration to the World’s Kiswahili Day in the Swedish capital, Stockholm on July 5, this...

US Firm Backs $760 Million Congo-Rwanda-Burundi Hydropower Plant

(Bloomberg) -- A long-delayed plan to build a hydropower plant on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo received a boost amid US-backed peace talks between the two countries. Anzana Electric Group will team up with...

Burundian hawkers arrested in Nairobi CBD for dumping plastic waste

Caption Several Burundian hawkers were arrested in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) on Tuesday night for allegedly polluting the environment. In a now-viral video, Nairobi County Chief Officer for Environment Geoffrey Mosiria is seen...

Education in Burundi: Lawmakers Sound the Alarm Over Alarming Deterioration of the School System

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 23, 2025 – Once considered a model in Central and East Africa, Burundi’s education system is now in crisis. Concerned lawmakers, plummeting academic standards, and declining language skills: warning signs are...

UNICEF seeks urgent funding as over 136,000 flee DRC to Burundi, Uganda

Refugees in Uganda KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, seeking refuge in neighboring Burundi and Uganda, the United Nations Children’s...

ARA loses bid to recover Sh27.4 million from Burundian firm

The High Court has dismissed the Assets and Recovery Agency (ARA) application to compel East Africa Group Limited, a Burundi construction firm, to forfeit Sh.27.4 million. ARA accused East Africa Group Limited of obtaining Sh.27,433,690 held at...

Burundi – fertilizers unobtainable : farmers pay but still wait

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, June 16, 2025 — While the seeds have already been planted, thousands of Burundian farmers are still waiting for the urea fertilizer they paid for. This shortage is rekindling the debate on dependence on imports and...

UNICEF Seeks Urgent Funding As Over 136,000 Flee Congo To Burundi And Uganda

(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, June 23 (IANS) More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, seeking refuge in neighbouring Burundi and Uganda, the United Nations Children's...

Africa’s freedom scorecard 2025: The most and least free countries on the continent

While some nations continue to deepen civil liberties and democratic norms, others are sliding further into authoritarian rule. According to the 2025 Freedom House report, freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year worldwide, reflecting a...

UNICEF seeks urgent funding as over 136,000 flee DR Congo to Burundi, Uganda

KINSHASA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, seeking refuge in neighboring Burundi and Uganda, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...

Burundi’s President Ndayishimiye Wins 100% of Seats in National Vote

Rabat – President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s CNDD-FDD party has secured 100% of the seats in the vote for the national legislative assembly. The election results were announced on Wednesday, June 11, by the electoral commission. This vote has been...

Burundi : ACG CIRIMOSO denounces the arrest of Tutsi survivors invited to a memorial meeting in Nairobi

Burundi : Ndayishimiye defends the CNDD-FDD victory and calls for a formal denunciation of electoral fraud

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Burundi : “The legislative elections of shame,” according to Aimé Magera, opposition leader in exile

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 12, 2025 – Burundian opposition leader in exile and international representative of the CNL party, Aimé Magera, gave an exclusive response to SOS Médias Burundi following the announcement of the results of the...

Burundian socialite Dabijou accuses Jamal Rohosafi of lying to parents he'll...

Jamal Rohosafi sparked relationship rumours with Burundian socialite Dabijou after cosy videos of them emerged online However, she is now accusing the businessman of making fake promises after she travelled to Kenya to see him Jamal was recently...

Texas floods: Dozens dead, girls swept away from summer camp still missing

Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared today a day of prayer for those impacted by the devastating floods that swept through Central Texas in the United States over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. At the time of publishing, at least 51 people had...

Burundi : the 2025-2030 National Assembly entirely dominated by the CNDD-FDD

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 11, 2025 – Burundi is entering an unprecedented legislative term. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced on Wednesday that all 100 deputies elected in the June 5 legislative and district...

Burundi's ruling party wins election as opponents denounce vote rigging

Burundi's ruling party – which has been in power since 2005 – won all the seats in the 5 June legislative elections the country's electoral commission announced, as government opponents decried what they say was a rigged ballot. "Nationally, the...

Burundi’s ruling party CNDD-FDD sweeps parliamentary elections

Bujumbura. Burundi’s long-dominant party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), has won every seat in the country’s Parliament, according to official results announced on Wednesday, June...