UN Orders Evacuation of Staff Families from Burundi as M23 Rebels Seize Two Cities in Eastern DRC

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The Burundian President stated that his country was committed to resolving the differences between the two countries (DRC and Rwanda) by peaceful means. His comments came as military sources said that Burundi had stationed troops along its border, some ten kilometres from the M23 advance.

The UN has ordered the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi. For this, UN sources said several flights have been chartered.

In recent weeks, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized two important cities in eastern DRC. The group has pushed ahead in its advance, and the fighting has inched closer to the Burundian border. The nation, which has backed the DRC with some 10,000 troops under a previous deal, has increasingly voiced concern.

 The Burundian President stated that his country was committed to resolving the differences between the two countries by peaceful means. His comments came as military sources said that Burundi had stationed troops along its border, some ten kilometres from the M23 advance.

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The mineral-rich east of the DRC has been plagued by conflict for more than three decades, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.