Burundi closes site hosting 45,000 DR Congo refugees

By AFP
April 06, 2025
A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. —Reuters
A Congolese woman prepares a meal near a temporary shelter at Rugombo Stadium, after fleeing from renewed clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Rugombo commune of Cibitoke Province, Burundi February 18, 2025. —Reuters

NAIROBI: Burundi has shut down a transit site sheltering tens of thousands of refugees who have fled violence in neighbouring eastern DR Congo, witnesses and a local official told AFP on Saturday.

According to the United Nations Rugombo Stadium has been hosting more than 45,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.