UN News Centre7h
Urgent appeal launched as DR Congo crisis fuels mass displacement to Burundi
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the ...
Links to Rwanda fuel discrimination against DR Congo's Tutsis
At the root of this discrimination is the association of Tutsis with neighbouring Rwanda, which has been led by Tutsis since ...
Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...
The Africa Report12h
East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira
Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...
UNHCR14h
UNHCR launches appeal as dire situation in DR Congo impacts Burundi
As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...
Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
Burundi troops withdraw from M23 fight in new blow to Congo
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on ...
News241d
DR Congo unrest sparks biggest refugee wave to Burundi in 25 years
Burundi is dealing with its biggest influx of refugees in 25 years as families flee the escalating conflict in the Democratic ...
The Peninsula10h
42,000 people fled eastern DRC to Burundi in two weeks: UN
Geneva: Around 42,000 people have fled the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and crossed into Burundi ...