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Burundi

Italy arrests Burundi man over 2014 murders of three Catholic nuns

Mayor sets up small staff in Congo's Uvira after return to work

FILE PHOTO: Congolese civilians walk after returning to their homes following displacement during renewed clashes between Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC/M23 and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Uvira town, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo December 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Congolese civilians walk after returning to their homes following displacement during renewed clashes between Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC/M23 and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Uvira town, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo December 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

UN says 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi

UN says Burundi overwhelmed as tens of thousands flee Congo violence

Foreigners who had been stranded during clashes between members of the Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC-M23 Movement who took over Uvira town from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), walk to cross the border point in Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Foreigners who had been stranded during clashes between members of the Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC-M23 Movement who took over Uvira town from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), walk to cross the border point in Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request

Congolese civilians walk at Maendeleo market as calm returns after clashes between members of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and the M23 Movement, who took control of Uvira from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Uvira on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Congolese civilians walk at Maendeleo market as calm returns after clashes between members of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and the M23 Movement, who took control of Uvira from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Uvira on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

M23 consolidates control over Congo town in blow to peace talks

Congolese civilians eat at a reception center in Gatumba, a police camp near the border post that temporarily shelters people who fled renewed tensions between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Gatumba, Burundi, December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana
Congolese civilians eat at a reception center in Gatumba, a police camp near the border post that temporarily shelters people who fled renewed tensions between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Gatumba, Burundi, December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Burundi says Rwanda has a plan to attack it, Rwanda calls for calm

President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, arrives at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, arrives at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Congo refugees pour into Burundi, conditions dire, says UN

FILE PHOTO: A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo

Congo and rebels trade blame for deadly blasts at rally

Volunteers gather to donate blood for those injured while attending a rally at the Place de l'Independence, addressed by Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, at the Provincial General Reference Hospital of Bukavu (HPGRB), in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 28, 2025. REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge
Volunteers gather to donate blood for those injured while attending a rally at the Place de l'Independence, addressed by Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, at the Provincial General Reference Hospital of Bukavu (HPGRB), in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 28, 2025. REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge

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

FILE PHOTO: A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.