Swimming to flee ‘forced M23 conscription’ - BBC Africa

More than 50,000 people have fled fighting in eastern DRC into Burundi, risking their lives by swimming across the Rusizi river, using their possessions as life rafts. Over 20 have died in the last two weeks. Those who made it claim that if they’d stayed in DRC, they would have been forced into conscription by M23 rebels - a claim the BBC has not been able to independently verify. But with the recent rapid and brutal advance of the M23, there are fears that even in neighbouring Burundi they are not safe Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/