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Urgent Appeal Launched As DR Congo Crisis Fuels Mass Displacement to Burundi
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its impact on neighbouring countries, ...
The U.S. Is Cutting Off Foreign Aid. My Youngest Patients Are Paying the Price
T he sun is barely rising in rural Burundi when we begin our medical rounds in the pediatric ward. I am an American, ...
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Burundi, Uganda manoeuvre as DR Congo violence spreads
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads ...
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42,000 people fled eastern DRC to Burundi in two weeks
Around 42,000 people have fled the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and crossed into Burundi in the ...
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UNHCR launches appeal as dire situation in DR Congo impacts Burundi
As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...
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East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira
Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
T he sun is barely rising in rural Burundi when we begin our medical rounds in the pediatric ward. I am an American, ...
Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...