Post-atrocity research balances truth telling with the safety and dignity of those who lived the violence

While it is crucial to support these communities now through humanitarian aid and pressure on parties to end the violence, it is also important to continue the work once the fighting has ended by documenting the atrocities and elevating the voices...

Karurama: children suffocated by overcrowding

SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 29, 2025 – At Karurama I and II basic schools, in Cibitoke district, Bujumbura province, western Burundi, learning conditions are becoming a nightmare. Overcrowded classrooms, a critical shortage of desks and...

Delegations from Burundi and Nigeria explore Bhutan’s distinctive approach to education

Can an education system rooted in Bhutan’s traditions inspire reforms in Africa? That question brought delegations from Burundi and Nigeria to Bhutan this week for the South-South Knowledge Exchange Workshop on the Bhutan Baccalaureate. The...

This club could be the future of Australian swimming – and it looks very different

It is 6am on a crisp Friday morning at Broadmeadows aquatic centre in Melbourne’s north-west, and members of the Western Melbourne Propulsion Swim Club are doing laps under the watchful eye of their coach. It is a scene repeated every morning at...

How one man has helped thousands of African immigrants in Louisville

See Forward Ministries helps East African immigrants and refugees in Louisville with services like English classes and job placement. The nonprofit was founded by Kevin Uyisenga, a Rwandan immigrant who saw a growing need for support in his...

See Forward Ministries helps thousands of African immigrants in Louisville

Kevin Uyisenga, executive director and founder of See Forward Ministries, stands on the stage at the Buechel United Methodist Church on Hikes Lane where a fall event for immigrants will take place in October. The nonprofit serves immigrants from...

Advocates for education

We Are the World dominated the airwaves in 1985. The song, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, was a call for people to help feed the more than seven million people affected by famine in Ethiopia. It was also a call for people to love...

Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal, says former UK athlete Lynsey Sharp

19 September 2025, 11:31 | Updated: 20 September 2025, 01:53 Former British athlete Lynsey Sharp has told Sky News she would have won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 had today's gender testing rules been in place then. Your browser...

'I could have won an Olympic medal': Former GB athlete on how gender rules have changed

Former British athlete Lynsey Sharp has told Sky News she would have won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 had today's gender testing rules been in place then. Sharp came sixth in the women's 800m final behind three now-barred athletes...

Hindi called global language at Hindi Divas commemoration at the UN

The Permanent Mission of India to the UN (PMI) organized a Hindi Divas celebration at the UN headquarters in New York on October 9, 2025. PHOTO: Courtesy PMI. United Nations – The contribution of Bollywood Films to popularizing Hindi language and...

Tanzania : when the authorities turn religious leaders into instruments of forced repatriation

SOS Médias Burundi Kigoma, September 24, 2025 – From Nduta to Nyarugusu, pastors, leaders of religious movements, and sheikhs were ordered to actively participate in raising awareness among Burundian refugees about voluntary return. The ultimatum...

FSTE loan : fleeing teachers leave more than 250 million Burundi francs unpaid

SOS Médias Burundi, Bujumbura, September 23, 2025 – Several primary and secondary school teachers, particularly in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi and in Rumonge district (Burunga province in the south), have deserted their posts over the...

32 Burundians Acquire Rwandan Citizenship

1 A couple take oath on the National Flag, among the legal rituals any one seeking Rwandan citizenship must undertake. Kigali, September 25, 2025 – Thirty-two Burundian nationals have officially been granted Rwandan citizenship, in the largest...

Conflict in the DRC : the specter of flat embrace on Western Burundi

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 18, 2025 – In western Burundi, borders are under high tension. The M23, a former Tutsi rebellion active in the DRC since 2021, is making progress in North and South Kivu, while the small east African nation...

Mahama camp : the distress of children turns into suicides

SOS Médias Burundi Mahama, September 18, 2025 – In the last three months, five suicide cases, several involving children, have been recorded in Mahama camp in eastern Rwanda. Most are related to family conflicts, precariousness and the daily...

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...

Former NUC boss launches new method to boost STEM education

A former Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has launched another method for delivering quality Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. This was officially...

Former NUC boss, Okebukola, unveils new method to boost STEM education

A former Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has launched another method for delivering quality Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The new approach, the...

Okebukola Launches New Method to Boost STEM Education

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has launched another method for delivering quality Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)...

Key Drivers of Corporate Governance in Burundi’s Cooperatives

Corporate governance has become a widely discussed topic across various sectors, demonstrating a significant impact on organizational effectiveness and operational transparency. In recent years, the agricultural sector, particularly cooperatives,...