Income-generating projects have slowed down in Burundi since the fighting in eastern DRC escalated last February.

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in ...

As the conflict continues to ravage the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bishops are warning about the real possibility ...

The United Nations has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR ...

People are mainly arriving at the Gatumba border post, close to the capital Bujumbura, he adds. Some of these refugees are seeking asylum in Burundi to legalize their stay. Others prefer to rent ...

This is a summary of what was said by Brigitte Mukanga-Eno, UNHCR Representative in Burundi– to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As ...

The United Nations humanitarians have said that escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where ...

South Kivu’s provincial capital, Bukavu, home to some one million and bordering Rwanda, is roughly 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Burundi. “This is the largest number of refugees that Burundi ...

South Kivu’s provincial capital Bukavu, home to some one million and bordering Rwanda, is roughly 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Burundi. “This is the largest number of refugees that Burundi ...

Burundi had more than 10,000 troops assisting ... Uganda said it had moved its soldiers into Bunia, capital of Ituri province. Uganda already had thousands of troops in the province under an ...