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

GENEVA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than 40,000 people have fled there in two weeks to escape fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

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Some 63,000 people have fled to Burundi, which neighbours the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence has continued between the M23 group and the Congolese army, UNHCR said. About 45,000 ...

Like Ndayisaba, many Burundians fear rebels from the east of the DRC could now infiltrate Burundi. The Burundian president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, expressed his concern of a regional war if urgent ...

Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo, a senior military source told AFP Thursday, as the UN warned the small Great Lakes nation was seeing its biggest influx of ...

The ongoing DRC crisis, fueled by the Rwanda-backed M23 group, has heightened fears of regional war. Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye (Image credits: AP) NAIROBI: Burundi's President ...

FILE PHOTO: Refugees flee eastern Congo into Burundi as fighting rages in South Kivu ...

Influx of 40,000 Fleeing Congo War Worsens Burundi Humanitarian Plight, UN Says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than ...