The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour, ...

Analysts fear violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could escalate, reminiscent of Second Congo War (1998-2003), ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - 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 ...

According to Burundian Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana, there are groups in the DRC that cooperate with M23 and with Rwanda, which he described as hostile toward Burundi TUNIS, December 12. /TASS/.

Rwanda, a small landlocked country in east-central Africa, is trying to recover from the ethnic strife that culminated in government-sponsored genocide in the mid-1990s. An estimated 800,000 ethnic ...

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies Congo presence, accuses Congo of aiding militias Ethnic tensions risk wider conflict in region NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 ...