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Burundi

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

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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.