Burundi troops deploy in eastern DRC's Uvira

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Burundi troops — allies of Kinshasa — have been still deploying in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels were quickly approaching the town of Uvira which sits on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika, opposite Bujumbura, the capital economic of Burundi. "Since Sunday, we have observed movements of heavily armed Burundian soldiers heading towards Luvungi", some by