自2021年以来，超过500名布隆迪平民在逃离刚果民主共和国M23领导的战斗后返回家乡，该战斗扰乱了补给线，导致20万人流离失所。 Over 500 Burundian civilians returned home after fleeing M23-led fighting in the DRC that disrupted supply routes and displaced 200,000 since 2021.

布隆迪有500多名平民在12月初M23民兵占领乌维拉引发的新一轮战斗后逃往刚果民主共和国后返回家园. More than 500 Burundian civilians have returned home after fleeing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo following renewed fighting triggered by the M23 militia’s capture of Uvira in early December. 这次攻势违反了最近由美国斡旋的和平协议,破坏了供应路线,加深了长期流离失所危机,自2021年以来,已有20多万人被迫离开家园。 The offensive, which breached a recent U.S.-brokered peace deal, disrupted supply routes and deepened a long-running displacement crisis that has forced over 200,000 people from their homes since 2021. M23现控制布隆迪边境，正向巴拉卡和菲齐推进，而乌维拉尽管局势脆弱，依然紧张。 M23 now controls the Burundi border and is advancing toward Baraka and Fizi, while Uvira remains tense despite a fragile calm. 联合国维持和平主任让-皮埃尔·拉克鲁瓦警告说,这一局势有可能使刚果东部的地区进一步升级和进一步分裂。 UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned the situation risks wider regional escalation and further fragmentation of eastern Congo.