The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour, ...

From the beginning of the conflict in eastern DR Congo, dozens of countries have participated in efforts aimed at restoring peace. These initiatives have included numerous diplomatic missions, and UN ...

For several years, Burundi has been militarily involved in the crisis in eastern DR Congo. It operates alongside the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), FDLR – a Kinshasa-backed terrorist group formed by ...

Congolese refugees displaced by clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo arrived at a refugee camp in Burundi on February 17 - Copyright Ritzau Scanpix/AFP Emil ...

The M23 armed group has ordered internally displaced people in Goma to leave camps - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB The M23 armed group has ordered internally displaced ...

In the darkest moments in the history of an independent Urundi, now Burundi, few could foresee that a glimmer of hope would rise ever again. Yet, like the proverbial African sun, hope rises for the ...

Burundi has sent an additional battalion to support the Congolese army against the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo, a security source told AFP on Friday.

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new ...

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 ...