mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of those Rwandans who entered DRC were Hutu extremists who began organizing militias within the Congo.

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, saying the war had left around 350,000 displaced people with no ...

Congolese refugees displaced by clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo arrived at a refugee camp in Burundi on February 17 - Copyright Ritzau Scanpix/AFP Emil ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), advising that Congolese nationals fleeing the conflict, as well as those ...

Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As conflict continues to escalate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Catholic Church in Angola has signaled its readiness to welcome refugees fleeing the ...

Burundi on Monday said that close to 10,000 people had fled across its western border from the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last three days as Rwanda-backed forces advance there.

Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo, a senior military source ... Lakes nation was seeing its biggest influx of refugees from its conflict-riven neighbour in ...

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating tension and violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency said ...

Congo Fighting Leaves 350,000 With No Shelter, UN Agency Says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern ...