The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "is literally buckling", the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its ...

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

Rwanda and Burundi. At this stage, the U.N. doesn’t know the M23 agenda, the intention of its backers or how far they will go and why, said Huang, the Great Lakes U.N. envoy. “This situation ...

"Being the first plastic and reconstructive surgeon in my country is a great honour," Dr. Baramburiye said. "But it's also a ...

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has issued a stark warning to Rwanda, accusing it of hostile intentions as tensions escalate over the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On Wednesday, RwandAir said DR Congo had shut its airspace to aircraft registered in Rwanda, forcing it to re-route flights. Burundi, which borders both DRC and Rwanda, has sent around 10,000 ...

Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda). The advance of M23, a Rwandan ...