others "crossing the Ruizi River" which runs along the border between the DRC and Burundi, a resident of Sange, located halfway between Uvira and Luvungi, explained to AFP by telephone.

Families wait in a boat with their belongings on the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu as thousands flee the conflict The M23 has advanced easily in the region in recent weeks, Map showing eastern ...

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As part of a book project on the mechanisms of genocide ideology in eastern DR Congo's North Kivu Province, Harvard scholar ...

In this video frame grab, people assist victims after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in Bukavu, eastern Congo, ...

"Since Sunday, we have observed movements of heavily armed Burundian soldiers heading towards Luvungi", some by road from Uvira, others "crossing the Ruizi River" which runs along the border between ...

This time, Kinshasa has sought help from Burundi, which dispatched thousands ... Source: Locations of artisanal small-scale mining in eastern DRC from International Peace Information Service ...

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

A team of swimmers are also stationed at the Rusizi River, a dangerous crossing point at the border of the DRC and Burundi, to reduce the risk of displaced people drowning as they make the ...

The numbers were likely to increase as hostilities in DRC advance towards the town of Uvira, near the main official border crossing with Burundi, she said. Another 13,000 people have meanwhile ...

Some 42,000 people fled eastern DRC to Burundi in two weeks, according to the UN. Families are fleeing the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations refugee agency said.