Burundi has emerged as a key player in the rapidly unfolding conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), with its troops now active in combat operations in South Kivu near the Burundi-DR ...

Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burundi, according to local sources.

BUJUMBURA, May 6 (Reuters) - Nearly 40,000 refugees have fled Burundi to neighbouring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last month, amid protests against President ...

As President Évariste Ndayishimiye prepares to take on the chairmanship of the African Union, Burundi stands before a rare diplomatic crossroads, and so does the man himself. Leadership of the AU is ...