Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Christened as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda is known for its hilly terrain. This mountainous terrain coupled with the ...

Two senior six students at Groupe Scolaire Mutongo, in Rusizi District, were arrested after allegedly attempting to poison fellow students’ food using rodenticide. On Friday, January 24 ...

In the Burundian town of Rugombo - located in northwestern Cibitoke province bordering eastern DRC - more than 40,000 ...

The Deputy Ombudsman in charge of Preventing and Fighting Corruption, Abbas Mukama, has encouraged students at GS Bugarama in Rusizi District to embrace heroism and contribute to the nation's future.

The Congolese part of the Rusizi border crossing has been under the M23 control since Monday morning after officers of the DR Congo’s border and customs services had left it on Saturday.

Focusing on three key landscapes — Kenya’s Greater Rift Valley, the Ghana Cocoa Belt, and the Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin spanning Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its impact on neighbouring countries, ...

The vast majority continue to arrive via unofficial crossing points, many traversing the Rusizi river into the Rugombo and Buganda Communes in Cibitoke Province. Many families remain without shelter ...

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The 25-year-old clung on to a black bin bag with some possessions as he used the strong currents to navigate his way across the Rusizi river, which forms the border between DR Congo and Burundi.

In the Burundian town of Rugombo - located in northwestern Cibitoke province bordering eastern DRC – more than 40,000 refugees are now packed in blue and white tents lining the town’s sports stadium.