Conflict in Congo has sent over 84,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring Burundi this month in the second major influx this ...

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 ...

Bram Verelst, a Burundi-based researcher with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) think-tank, said the assault appeared ...

Tanzania is set to see the highest growth rate by 2100 (1.22), followed by Mauritania (1.18), Benin (1.11) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1.01)— all in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is ...

According to Burundian Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana, there are groups in the DRC that cooperate with M23 and with Rwanda, which he described as hostile toward Burundi ...

The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 militia captured most of the key eastern DR Congo town of Uvira late on Wednesday, in a move Burundi ...

Streets were empty, shops shuttered and soldiers fled a key eastern DR Congo city Wednesday a day after the Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Streets were empty, shops shuttered and soldiers fled the eastern DR Congo city of Uvira on Wednesday, a day after a ...

Burundi denounced late Monday attacks by Rwanda into its territory in a border area with eastern DR Congo, where violence has once again flared. The foreign ministry condemned in posts on X "the ...

Lake Rwihinda in northern Burundi is rich in biodiversity. It’s home to over 180 bird species, including the gray crowned crane, African fish eagle and great egret. But the area faces threats from ...

Construction of the $800 million Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project is scheduled to begin in December 2025, with full works commencing in January 2026. The project, which is expected to generate ...