Nairobi, March 24, 2025 (AFP) - UN says needs more funds to feed DRC refugees in Burundi

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2025-03-24

The World Food Programme said Monday it urgently needed $19.8 million to feed some 120,000 refugees who have fled the conflict in DR Congo to neighbouring Burundi. The UN agency said 70,000 people have fled to Burundi since January after the Rwanda-backed armed group M23 seized large swathes of territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That has brought the total number of people needing food aid from WFP in Burundi to 120,000, it said.......

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