Burundi on Tuesday began withdrawing its forces ... The well-equipped M23 is the latest in a long line of ethnic Tutsi-led rebel movements to emerge in Congo’s volatile east.

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on Tuesday, in a further blow to Congo's army as it ...

Meanwhile, Tutsi refugees began arriving in DR Congo, fleeing waves of ethnic violence in Rwanda and Burundi. Both countries have long been dominated by their Tutsi minorities, leading to tensions ...

But unlike Rwanda, which is headed by a Tutsi president, the majority Hutus are in power in Burundi. Burundi's government fears that if the M23 cements its presence in South Kivu by taking Uvira ...

Meanwhile, Tutsi refugees began arriving in DR Congo, fleeing waves of ethnic violence in Rwanda and Burundi. Both countries have long been dominated by their Tutsi minorities, leading to tensions ...

State-sanctioned media and political rhetoric in both the DR Congo and Burundi today bear disturbing similarities to the pre-1994 discourse that preceded the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda ...

Relations between Rwanda and Burundi have long been hostile, with both accusing each other of trying to overthrow their ...