Burundi secretly sent troops to DR Congo - rights group

Burundian soldiers in Cibitoke neighbourhood in Bujumbura. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Burundi has secretly sent hundreds of troops and members of a youth militia into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo since the end of 2021 to fight an armed rebel group, a Burundian human rights group said Wednesday.

The main target of the operation is the RED-Tabara, the Burundi Human Rights Initiative said, referring to the most active of the rebel groups which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the Burundian government.