Burundi Faces Strain as Refugee Influx from Eastern DRC Escalates - teleSUR English

Burundi Faces Strain as Refugee Influx from Eastern DRC Escalates - teleSUR English

Aid operations in Burundi are under mounting pressure as thousands of refugees continue to flee escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In less than a month, nearly 63,000 people have crossed into Burundi, marking the country’s largest refugee crisis in decades. On March 5 alone, over 1,100 arrivals were recorded. Des milliers de Congolais ont fui au Burundi@Le_HCR I @UNHCR_DRC pic.twitter.com/9Sp7XHPTeO— ONU Info (@O…

UN News Today 07 March 2025 |

DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. More than 63,000 people […]

Congolese refugees face harsh conditions at Burundi stadium - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

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 U.N. said on Friday (March 7). About 45,000 displaced people are sheltering in a crowded open-air stadium in Rugombo, a few km (miles) from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the Congolese army and M23 rebel group are fighting. …