AFPBurundi has sent an additional battalion to support the Congolese army against the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo, a security source told AFP on Friday.The M23 has seized ...

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on the international community to rein in Rwanda, which he accuses of ...

Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...

"I order the closure of the airport and border, and I ask every citizen and ... Nkurunziza started his journey back to Burundi hours after an army officer announced a coup while he was attending ...

AFP] Rwanda has condemned Burundi's decision to close its borders with its northern neighbor, calling it a violation of regional integration and cooperation. The move comes amid rising tensions ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Refugees settle in three overstretched camps in the north-west of the country on the Burundi border where they face poor, crowded conditions. The atmosphere remains calm in these settlements, but the ...

Calls made from Kenya to Kenyan lines in Burundi rose to 1.2 million minutes, from just 849 minutes the previous quarter.

The Tutsi-led rebels have seized Goma, the largest city in east Congo and capital of North Kivu province, which is home to ...

Tanzania and Burundi have signed a $US 2.15bn agreement with two Chinese firms to construct a 282km standard-gauge railway ...

Residents of Bukavu, which last fell to rebels in 2004, said people were stocking up on food, torches and batteries or fleeing towards the Burundi border. Civilians recruited by authorities to ...