AFPBurundi 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.The M23 has seized ...

By David Lewis and Sonia Rolley NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push ...

One person with direct knowledge of the fighting said a force of around 1,500 including Congolese troops, Burundian soldiers and local militia fighters had deployed to defend the town of Nyabibwe some ...

31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian, not Rwandan, in paragraph 11) As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south ...

One person with direct knowledge of the fighting said a force of around 1,500 including Congolese troops, Burundian soldiers and local militia fighters had deployed to defend the town of Nyabibwe ...

M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears (This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian, not Rwandan, in paragraph 11 ...

Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting Kinshasa's army in battles against M23. Any showdown over Bukavu ...

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In eastern Congo, Congolese troops and Burundian forces are countering an advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. The conflict ...