Refugees from Burundi are being forcibly evicted from camps as Tanzania destroys their homes and churches, pushing them to return, often after years in exile.

A total of 74 Burundian refugees were voluntarily repatriated to their home country on Thursday through the common land border post in Rwanda's Bugesera District, according to Rwandan authorities.

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it had lifted sanctions on three officials from ...

Dozens of Burundian troops have been detained for refusing deployment to eastern Congo against the M23 rebel group's advance toward a city. The dissenting soldiers are being held in at least four ...

Burundian refugees get a taste of home with "go-and-see" visit A group of Burundian refugees living in Tanzania's Lukole camp recently went back to their homeland on a "go-and-see" visit to help them ...

A total of 47 Burundian families comprising 74 people on Thursday March 12, voluntarily returned to their home country from Rwanda.The group included 62 refugees from Mahama Camp in Kirehe District ...

MUYINGA, Burundi, Jan 24 (UNHCR) - Despite intense fighting in central Burundi, refugees continued this week to stream back to their homes in the more peaceful northern part of the country. "I felt ...

More than 90,000 Congolese fled across the border after M23 stormed in and took control of Uvira nearly 3 months ago.

NAIROBI - 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 from Burundi ...

Rwandan authorities have accused Burundi's President Ndayishimiye of inciting division among Rwandans. The deteriorating relations stem from accusations that Rwanda is funding and training rebels of ...

The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) first deployed troops in the violence-plagued east of the DR Congo in November 2022, at the invitation of the country’s authorities, to free areas taken ...