STORY: Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is putting a strain on neighboring Burundi. The United Nations says that in the last two weeks, more than 40,000 people have fled to ...

Bloc asks members to take steps to stop escalation as summit opens to discuss ‘humanitarian crisis and heightened the risk of ...

(Bloomberg) -- Rwanda-backed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have advanced southward, reaching Burundi’s ...

More than 50 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have died in neighbouring Burundi, the United ...

Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt ...

Foreigners who had been stranded during clashes between members of the Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC-M23 Movement who took over Uvira town from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday ...

The U.N. refugee agency said 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi from cholera, malnutrition and related causes as tens of ...

The humanitarian situation in Burundi has reached a "critical point" due to the massive influx of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing persistent violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

A just-signed agreement aimed at ending the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo looked to be unravelling Monday with the DRC and Burundi slamming neighbouring Rwanda after the Rwanda-backed ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Burundi is seeing its largest influx of refugees in decades as tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in neighboring eastern Congo, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday.

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, March 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has closed two reception camps on Burundi's volatile border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after moving all the Congolese ...