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Influx of 40,000 fleeing Congo war worsens Burundi humanitarian plight, UN says

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.

dw · 7h

War in eastern Congo: Thousands seek refuge in Burundi

With people fleeing an escalating war between M23 rebels and Congolese government forces, the United Nations now fears a humanitarian disaster if no measures are taken to immediately end hostilities.

New Vision on MSN · 1d

Burundi forces flee DR Congo as conflict sparks refugee wave

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

Rwanda, M23 rebellion and Congo

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in the wider region.

The Boston Globe · 1d

The US sanctions a Rwanda official and a rebel spokesperson over violence in Congo

The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups that have been vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

US sanctions Rwandan official and rebel leader as war expands in eastern Congo

The United States announced sanctions against a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over a rapidly expanding war in the area. On Thursday, the departments of State and Treasury announced sanctions against Rwandan Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe and Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston,

UN News Centre1d

Urgent appeal launched as DR Congo crisis fuels mass displacement to Burundi

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the ...

Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

DR Congo: Burundi Reportedly Withdraws Troops, M23 Marches Towards Butembo | Firstpost Africa | N18G

Burundi Reportedly Withdraws Troops, M23 Marches Towards Butembo | Firstpost Africa | N18G Reports suggest that Burundi has ...

The Africa Report1d

East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira

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 ...

Daily Monitor on MSN4d

Burundi troops withdraw from M23 fight in new blow to Congo

M23 seized Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, in late January and then took control of South Kivu provincial capital ...

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Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

The Peninsula1d

42,000 people fled eastern DRC to Burundi in two weeks: UN

Geneva: Around 42,000 people have fled the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and crossed into Burundi ...

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