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This image taken from a video provided by U.N. World Food Program shows Rugombo Stadium where more than 45,000 Congolese refugees are sheltering on March 11, 2025, in Rugombo, Burundi. (WFP via AP)

By Associated Press The Associated Press

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi is seeing its largest influx of refugees in decades as tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in neighboring eastern Congo, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday.

The number of registered refugees who need food assistance has doubled to over 120,000 since January as Congolese government troops fight Rwanda-backed rebels who now hold two major cities, WFP said in a statement. Many of the refugees are women and children.

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