THOUSANDS of refugees in Burundi have returned to their homes across the border in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the withdrawal of Rwandan-backed rebels from a key town.Some 470 ...
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 4 (UNHCR) - Mami Nyirabyango was just a child when she fled deep into the forest of eastern Congo in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. By the ...
The head of the UN's refugee agency said on Tuesday the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to repatriate refugees uprooted by conflict in eastern DRC. The Barron's news department was ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have extended the peace agreement to include issues relating to refugees from both countries residing in each other’s territory, a signal that the ...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, March 14 (UNHCR) - Narimi Zaiman looks tired. She's just waded for hours through the dense Congolese jungle carrying her four-year-old daughter, and is now ...
President Donald Trump led a U.S.-backed peace deal between the warring African countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, which was joined by both nations’ presidents on Thursday for ...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 23 (UNHCR) - Nicholas* has spent most of his lonely life being moved from one substitute family to another. But earlier this month the six-year-old ...
Thousands of Congolese refugees in Burundi have returned home to eastern Congo after Rwandan-backed rebels withdrew from a key town.