A resurgence of fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) South Kivu region has sent a new wave of more than 8,500 Congolese refugees into neighbouring Burundi over the past 12 days.

In recent weeks, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two important cities in eastern DRC. The group has pushed ahead in ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, October 21 (UNHCR) - An estimated 20,000 Congolese stranded over the weekend on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and western Burundi have returned home upon ...

As the fighting moves closer to the town of Uvira, near the official border crossing, this number is expected to rise. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends Burundi's decision to grant refugees ...

The ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which started in August 2018, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern.At least ...

About 40,000 people have fled to Burundi, one of the nine countries that borders the DRC. Home + Sport + World + Business & Economy + Features + Others + March 30, 2025. Bangladesh; Sport ...

AT least 14 fighters were killed in clashes between Burundian security forces and members of an unidentified armed group who came from the DRC ...

On July 31, two civilians were killed and others wounded when U.N. peacekeepers began shooting at a border post in the northeastern DRC town of Kisindi, near Uganda, an incident that "outraged" U ...

The source said the assault struck its troops in Kaziba, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Uvira, a key town near the Burundian border. Burundi troops killed in fighting with M23 in DR Congo ...

At the Tanzania summit – attended by Angola, Burundi, the DRC, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe – leaders called for ...

President Trump claims credit for the outcome. The main question now is how the treaty will be implemented as fighting still ...

Fighting in Congo Has Killed 7,000 Since January, DRC Prime Minister Says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic ...