The Rwanda-backed M23 has seized vast swathes of eastern DRC and is pressing southwards into South Kivu province, which shares a border with Burundi.

Unrest in Burundi, which started in April when President ... A government official said the police were collecting bodies across the capital but it was not clear how many people were killed ...

adding that Nkurunziza was heading back to the Burundi capital Bujumbura. East African leaders had gathered Wednesday for a crisis summit meeting hoped to broker a deal to end weeks of deadly ...

AFPBurundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war.The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic ...