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Goma : dozens of FDLR-FARDC coalition members captured by the M23 during a security operation

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, May 11, 2025 – Tensions remain high in the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, following a security operation carried out on

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Rutana : Congolese refugees angry after an alleged embezzlement of a humanitarian aid

SOS Médias Burundi Rutana, May 4, 2025 – Tensions are running high at the Musenyi site in Rutana province, southeastern Burundi. Hundreds of Congolese refugees demonstrated violently last week to

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Bukavu : clashes between the Wazalendo and the FARDC, panicking the population

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, May 2, 2025 – Fighting broke out on Thursday between the Congolese army and Wazalendo militias in the heights of Uvira, South Kivu. The exchange of

Refugees

Musenyi : cross-border solidarity – Angéline Ndayishimiye and Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi meet with Congolese refugees

SOS Médias Burundi Musenyi, April 30, 2025 – First Ladies of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo made a joint visit to the Congolese refugee site of Musenyi, in

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DRC : evacuation of unarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers from Goma to Kinshasa, with support from the ICRC and MONUSCO

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, April 30, 2025 – Several hundred unarmed members of Congolese security forces, protected since January by MONUSCO in Goma, have begun to be transferred to Kinshasa

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DRC : threatened after her release, Burundian journalist Gérardine Ingabire lives in hiding

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, April 30, 2025 – Threatened after her release and deprived of freedom of movement, Burundian refugee journalist Gérardine Ingabire is living in hiding with her two

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South Kivu : Burundian Tutsi refugees targeted by ethnic hatred and authorities’ inaction

SOS Médias Burundi In the Mulongwe and Lusenda camps in South Kivu, eastern Congo, thousands of Burundian Tutsi refugees live under constant threat. Discrimination, violence, and deprivation : they accuse

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Crisis in Eastern DRC: Washington relaunches dialogue between the DRC and Rwanda, Brussels strengthens its diplomatic engagement

SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, April 26, 2025 – Under the auspices of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a major meeting took place on April 25 in Washington between Thérèse

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DRC : a truce announced between Kinshasa and the M23 under Qatari mediation, but fighting continues in the east

SOS Médias Burundi Despite a joint declaration announcing a truce between the Congolese government and the M23 under the auspices of Qatar, armed clashes continue in the eastern Democratic Republic

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Goma : Joseph Kabila’s return sparks mixed public reactions

SOS Médias Burundi Goma, April 19, 2025 – Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila Kabange, made a remarkable return on Friday, April 18, to Goma, in