On December 19, 2025, local time, Brigitte Mukanga-Ino, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency in Burundi, said at a press conference in Geneva that violence has escalated in eastern Congo and a large number of civilians have poured into neighboring Burundi, making the humanitarian situation in Burundi on the verge of crisis.

On December 19, 2025, local time, Brigitte Mukanga-Ino, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency in Burundi, said at a press conference in Geneva that violence has escalated in eastern Congo and a large number of civilians have poured into neighboring Burundi, making the humanitarian situation in Burundi on the verge of crisis.