Foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has described as "unfortunate" claims by Burundian president Evariste Ndayishimiye that ...

There has been a feeling of regret on whether the momentum for peace was actually lost in abrupt change of the military ...

Sources had told AFP over recent weeks that some of those soldiers were pulling back, despite official denials. Burundi has also received tens of thousands of Congolese refugees fleeing the ...

When journalist Philip Mayifilua* discussed press freedom challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with ...

Burundi has had its own soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there, but more recently, to aid in the fight against M23. U.S. President Donald Trump gets ...

Twenty Burundian troops have been killed in fighting with the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops supporting it in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, military sources told AFP on Thursday."We have ...

Burundi has more than 10,000 troops deployed in DR Congo helping the military there fight the M23. Many of their soldiers are now based in Uvira, which has a population of more than 300,000. It is ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...

87 Recently arrived refugee from DR Congo Burundi has more than 10,000 troops deployed in DR Congo helping the military there fight the M23. Many of their soldiers are now based in Uvira ...