Burundi Deploys BM-21 Rocket Launchers Near DR Congo’s Kamanyola Border

Burundi’s National Defense Forces reportedly deployed at least two BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers in Rugombo, with a line of sight toward Ngomo Hill and Kamanyola Centre in DR Congo, as well as Bugarama in Rwanda. Local sources named the Rusizi II Bridge and Ngomo Hill as potential targets, while Burundian authorities were unavailable for comment. The report also says clashes between the FARDC and allied forces are moving closer to Uvira, Baraka and Fizi, and that Burundi has ordered Congolese refugees living outside designated camps to return or face eviction.