With rifles at their feet, Burundian soldiers watch from behind barriers as more than 500 of their compatriots cross the Kavimvira border, returning home.
The group of civilians had been stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo by fighting after the M23 militia launched an offensive in early December.
Days after signing a US-brokered peace deal in Washington, the M23 seized the eastern DRC town of Uvira, allowing it to control the land border with Burundi and cut the DRC off from military support from its neighbour.
At a visit to the newly reopened border o
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