Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees have fled to Burundi due to ongoing conflict between M23 rebels and the Congolese ...

By Emma Farge and Clement Manirabarusha GENEVA/BUJUMBURA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Conflict in Congo has sent over 84,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring Burundi this month in the second major influx ...

The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour, ...

Burundi is fast sliding into a total political and economic collapse in the face of a looming civil conflict. Fuelled by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s running for third term, the country’s situation ...

In the darkest moments in the history of an independent Urundi, now Burundi, few could foresee that a glimmer of hope would rise ever again. Yet, like the proverbial African sun, hope rises for the ...

Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye attends a meeting on the sidelines of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27, 2023 (Sputnik photo by Alexei Danichev via AP Images).

For several years, Burundi has been militarily involved in the crisis in eastern DR Congo. It operates alongside the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), FDLR – a Kinshasa-backed terrorist group formed by ...