(Reuters) -Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels seeking to expand their grip on eastern Congo in a weeks-old ...

Rwandan -backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including Burundian troops as they tried to push south on Friday, a Congolese official ...

Burundi and Rwanda are embroiled in escalating tensions in eastern Congo, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance. Burundi, ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned Rwanda against attacking it as tension rises over the deadly conflict in ...

By the end of 2008, Burundi had deployed some 1 700 troops to Somalia. Its contingent expanded as AMISOM grew in response to the al-Shabaab insurgency, peaking at around 5 500 – more than a fifth of ...

Picture: AFP NAIROBI - Burundi has sent an additional battalion to support the Congolese army against the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo, a security source told AFP on Friday.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The former head of Burundi's army during its 13-year civil war was assassinated Saturday ...

The war in Burundi began following the October 1993 assassination of President Melchoir Ndadaye by a group of Tutsi army officers. Freely and fairly elected some months before, Ndadaye was the ...

Rwanda sees Burundi's army as another security threat in eastern DR Congo. The nation that borders both Rwanda and DR Congo has had thousands of soldiers there for years. They went to hunt down ...

After seizing Goma, Rwandan-backed rebels move south Rebel advance risks clashes between Rwanda and Burundi Officials in Bukavu recruit civilians to protect city Jan 31 (Reuters) - Congolese ...