Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

They are training and arming young Burundian refugees and sending them to fight in DRC, the President said. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has ...

Burundi and Rwanda are embroiled in escalating tensions in eastern Congo, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance. Burundi, ...

Rwandan -backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including ...

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday ...

By the end of 2008, Burundi had deployed some 1 700 troops to Somalia. Its contingent expanded as AMISOM grew in response to the al-Shabaab insurgency, peaking at around 5 500 – more than a fifth of ...

In 2023, Burundi sent hundreds of soldiers to fight the M23 rebellion in North Kivu alongside the Congolese army and allied local armed groups. Burundi's military presence in the DRC comprises at ...

According to him, the fighting that started on Tuesday as assailants crossed the border from the DR Congo via Murwi and Bukinanyana on Burundi's side, aiming to enter the Kibira natural forest ...

The war in Burundi began following the October 1993 assassination of President Melchoir Ndadaye by a group of Tutsi army officers. Freely and fairly elected some months before, Ndadaye was the ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels' advancement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has halted, as Congolese and Burundian forces reclaim territory in Kalehe. The conflict, rooted in historical ...