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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview US Secretary of State Marko Rubio has accused Vladimir Zelensky of lying about Washington putting pressure on Kiev to withdraw from Donbass
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview Belarus will open an embassy in North Korea following talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview Iran’s latest retaliatory attacks on US and Israeli facilities in the region reportedly injured at least 12 US soldiers
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview The EU Parliament has greenlit further negotiations on a controversial initiative to tighten the bloc’s deportation rules
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview Overnight airstrikes on Tehran destroyed a residential building, killing at least three people, RT’s bureau chief Hami Hamedi has reported
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview India clears fresh $25bn defense orders including new Russian S‑400 units and Tunguska air defense systems
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview A Ukrainian drone raid on Yaroslavl Region killed one child and injured both parents, the governor has said
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview US Vice President J.D. Vance has said aliens are “demons” and he will examine the UFO files, he told podcaster Benny Johnson
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28 March 2026, 08:15
Preview Toronto police and firefighters responded to reports of a rooftop fire at a building under construction just after 6:00 PM Friday
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28 March 2026, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (IPS) - In the month following the reopening of the Burundi-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border, the humanitarian crisis in the DRC has deteriorated considerably, recently marked by an influx of Congolese refugees returning home, where they face overcrowded conditions and a severe shortage of essential services. This comes in the midst of escalating clashes between rebel groups AFC and M23, and forces affiliated with the Kinshasa government, with drone strikes causing widespread destruction and pushing violence closer to Burundi’s borders, where conditions are most dire.

Read the full story, “Escalating Violence and Influx of Returnees in DRC Fuel Regional Instability”, on globalissues.org