Burundi is facing its largest refugee crisis in decades as tens of thousands flee escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The resurgence of the M23 rebel group has forced ...

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 ...

The United Nations (UN) has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR Congo, according to a letter seen by AFP Friday. The Rwanda ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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.