Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting Kinshasa's army in battles against M23. Any showdown over Bukavu ...

(This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian, not Rwandan, in paragraph 11) NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic ...

One person with direct knowledge of the fighting said a force of around 1,500 including Congolese troops, Burundian soldiers and local militia fighters had deployed to defend the town of Nyabibwe ...

(This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian, not Rwandan, in paragraph 11) By David Lewis and Sonia Rolley NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Rwandan-backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including Burundian troops as they tried to push south on Friday, a Congolese ...

Congo's Army and Burundian Allies Slow M23 Rebel's Southern March (Reuters) -Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed ...

Rwanda has put the number at 10,000, U.N. sources estimate there are several thousand and a Burundian official, who asked not to be named, said they numbered 8,000 to 10,000.

M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears (This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian, not Rwandan, in paragraph 11 ...