Burundi has been facing a massive influx of refugees as families flee fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). "Just in the first two weeks, we have received 42,000 people already seeking ...

Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than 40,000 people have fled there in two weeks to ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

With refugees escaping an escalating war between M23 rebels and Congolese government forces in the eastern Congo, the United ...

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have advanced southward, reaching Burundi’s border and bringing the central African region to the brink of war, the United Nations said ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

Volleys of gunfire rang out in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern border town of Uvira on Wednesday, local sources said, as clashes broke out among allied forces amid the advance of Rwanda-backed ...