The Burundi Red Cross has set up a vital humanitarian service point at the Rugombo Stadium a few kilometres from the Democratic Republic of Congo border, providing shelter for almost 40,000 refugees - ...

Economic hardship exacerbates the crisis, as transportation costs to the border have skyrocketed—tripling in just two ...

As conflict in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues, thousands are still crossing the border into Burundi in what has become the largest influx the country has ...

Thousands of refugees in the camp, which hosts people fleeing from conflict and drought in neighboring South Sudan, Ethiopia, ...

Students at the University of Ngozi are developing an app to step up food security in Burundi. Most farmers practice ...

Brigitte Mukanga-Eno, the UNHCR representative in Burundi who visited Kaburantwa ... they will get potable water, and the World Food Programme (WFP) has been able to get their food for the ...

Bujumbura, Burundi, February 25, 2025 — As thousands of Congolese ... "The most pressing needs right now are food, clean water, medical care, and essential items like mats, sheets, and buckets. The ...

"We have neither food nor water. We do not even have wells ... Local media reports say Burundi's army has accelerated the extraction of its soldiers deployed on the Rusizi plain in the DRC.

Also, UNHCR spokesperson, Olga Sarrado said that those fleeing DR Congo had been entering Burundi via its northwestern ... In the same manner, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, announced on ...

“This is the very first time that Burundi is receiving this large number of people in ... UNHCR teams on the ground report severe shortages of food, water and sanitation facilities. Cases of measles ...