Burundi has shut down a transit site sheltering tens of thousands of refugees who have fled violence in neighbouring eastern DR Congo, witnesses and a local official told AFP on Saturday. According to the United Nations Rugombo Stadium has been hosting …

DAR ES SALAAM, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Program (WFP) has reported that 171 Congolese refugees have fled to Tanzania since early 2025 due to the humanitarian crisis in North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The WFP said …

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA Geneva: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) stressed the need for an urgent increase in life-saving support to refugees and displaced persons in Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNHCR Regional …

Conflict in Congo has sent 63 000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its largest such influx in decades, with conditions dire at a crammed stadium camp and many stuck in fields outside, the UN said on Friday. About 45 000 displaced people are …

NAIROBI: Burundi on Monday said that close to 10,000 people had fled across its western border from the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last three days as Rwanda-backed forces advance there. "Those who flee are passing through the official …

A Congolese woman carries her belongings as she looks at a Rwandan police officer while people displaced by ongoing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo line up, waiting to return to the country following the takeover of the Congolese city of …

On January 27, the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels announced that its forces had taken over the capital of Eastern Province of the DRC, Goma, Reuters reported. “Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on …

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, official estimates show that seven million people have been forced out of their homes by constant violent clashes and natural disasters. Now faced with uncertainty, some of those displaced have chosen to return to their …