The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, ...

Witnesses reported Tuesday the presence of M23 fighters about 75 kilometres north of Uvira, a town on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika, which faces Burundi's economic capital, Bujumbura.

Bujumbura. Residents in the area also reported the deployment of Burundian troops on the road between the M23 units and Uvira. Uganda has deployed troops to the DRC in an area along its border ...

The rebels are now reportedly advancing toward Uvira, a city less than 30 km from Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura. Kinshasa has long accused Rwanda of backing the M23 and deploying troops ...

Bujumbura, February 24, 2025 — As thousands of Congolese refugees flee ongoing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is launching this week an ...

UN refugee agency UNHCR says 36,000 people have fled to Burundi, some on makeshift boats across the Rusizi river separating the two countries, while 6,000 have entered via the official border crossing ...

Three weeks after seizing Goma, M23 rebels marched on and captured the South Kivu capital, Bukavu, and have continued further south to take Uvira, a town 26km from Burundi’s commercial capital, ...

Several sources confirm that Wazalendo groups are reinforcing their positions, bracing for a showdown. Uvira lies less than 30km from Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital. President Ndayishimiye has ...

Shabani, Mathilda and Marcelo belong to a group of Congolese refugees who have arrived in a working-class neighborhood of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. They are currently living with families ...

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People are mainly arriving at the Gatumba border post close to the largest city, Bujumbura, exhausted and traumatized, many separated from their families with little information on their whereabouts.

"If Rwanda continues to conquer the territory of another country, I know for a fact that it will even reach Burundi," Ndayishimiye said in January at a diplomatic meeting in Bujumbura, Burndi's ...