Such shocks motivate armed groups in ways well-planned aid reductions do not.
Displaced Burundian nationals line up as they remain stranded on the Congolese side after the closure of the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi at the Kavimvira border post on December 14, 2025. Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images
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