Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is putting a strain on neighboring Burundi. The United Nations ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi is seeing its largest influx of refugees in decades as tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in neighboring eastern Congo, the U.N. World Food Program said ...

Congolese refugees displaced by clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo arrived at a refugee camp in Burundi on February 17 - Copyright Ritzau Scanpix/AFP Emil ...

RUYIGI, Burundi — Thousands of Congolese refugees in Burundi have returned to their homes across the border in eastern Congo following the withdrawal of Rwandan-backed rebels from a key town. Some 470 ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, March 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has closed two reception camps on Burundi's volatile border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after moving all the Congolese ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Millicent Mutuli – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 15 October 2002 ...

Congo Violence: At least 85,000 Congolese refugees have fled to Burundi due to escalating violence caused by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The renewed offensive by the ...

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies Congo presence, accuses Congo of aiding militias Ethnic tensions risk wider conflict in region NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are present around the town of Kamanyola, some 75 km north of Uvira, which sits near Bujumbura, the ...

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