In just two weeks, over 60,000 people have crossed into Burundi, fleeing deadly violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uhagarariye u Rwanda avuga ko nta mahitamo rufite uretse gukaza ubwirinzi bwarwo, kandi ko ruzakomeza kubikora.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters are marching on the eastern city of Uvira near the border with Burundi, triggering panic, with residents reporting widespread looting,
R ulers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rarely, if ever, fully controlled the east of Africa’s second-largest country. Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi,
Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, including a Burundian army officer and two U.
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 Congo, the U.N. said on Friday.
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on Tuesday, in a further blow to Congo's army as it struggles to halt a rebel advance.
Burundi on Tuesday began withdrawing its forces from eastern Congo, where they had been fighting against M23 rebels. This marks another setback for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army as it struggles to halt the rebel advance.
Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and the M23 rebel group it supports has raised concerns that the principle may now be endangered.
In terms of access to combat theaters, journalists from Goma, Bukavu, or Bunia have difficulty reporting live. “Many are faced with these limitations and prohibitions—only those who work with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] report live in theaters of operations,” according to Musamba.
Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal ... Rwandan-backed M23 fighters have made big gains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu, prompting warnings ...