Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

"Since (the beginning of) February, over 40,000 Congolese nationals – the majority women and children – have arrived in Burundi seeking international protection," Mukanga-Eno said, adding that ...

Now it is only one-way traffic with refugees flowing into Burundi - mainly women and children. Burundian security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC that men were not ...