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...

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...

BMH@10: A decade of healing and hope

Dodoma: The government’s investment of approximately 230bn/- in infrastructure and equipment at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) in Dodoma has significantly improved the facility’s services and earned it international recognition within just a...

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...

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...

“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,...

Burundi : Professor Barumwete calls for honest leaders and people-centered policies

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 28, 2025 – In Bujumbura, the country’s commercial capital, Professor Siméon Barumwete delivered a strong message during a discussion workshop on local development strategy, organized Thursday by the NGO...

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Food, drinking water, medical care, and psychosocial support for a group of 220 juvenile prisoners

Friday, 3 October 2025 SDB Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the...

Without comprehensive reforms, UN faces crisis of confidence: Rajnath Singh

Without comprehensive reforms, UN faces crisis of confidence: Rajnath Singh New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reflected on the crying need for reforms in the UN, adding that the international body in its current form faces a...

Kenya and Zambia battle mpox spikes as African countries manage multiple health threats

Though some of Africa’s biggest mpox hot spots continue to see downward trends, fresh spikes are occurring in other countries such as Kenya and Zambia. Meanwhile, local spread is now suspected in Senegal, following an earlier detection of an...