Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania

Deutsche Welle
Burundian refugees face cholera threat in Tanzania
Deutsche Welle
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region, where the population has increased dramatically due to an influx of refugees from Burundi. Refugees from Burundi at a makeshift clinic.
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The Guardian

27 May

Cholera biggest threat as Burundi refugees crowd into Tanzania camps

The Guardian
Cholera biggest threat as Burundi refugees crowd into Tanzania camps
The Guardian
Refugees fleeing the political crisis in Burundi make the journey across Lake Tanganyika heading for UN camps in neighbouring Tanzania. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP. Guardian Global development is supported by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
UNHCR slashes Burundi refugee figure from earlier "guesstimate"Reuters Africa
Efforts to stem cholera in Tanzania appear to be workingGhana Broadcasting...

 

10 years ago

Salon

22 May

Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help

Channel News Asia
Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help
Salon
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says an outbreak of cholera has infected 3,000 people in a Tanzanian border region where refugees from Burundi have massed. UNHCR says 300 to 400 new cases are being reported daily. At least 31 ...
Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UNYahoo News

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10 years ago

Leadership Newspapers

21 May

Sudan: 20 Cases Of Cholera Confirmed Among Burundian Refugees In Tanzani

Leadership Newspapers
Sudan: 20 Cases Of Cholera Confirmed Among Burundian Refugees In Tanzani
Leadership Newspapers
International charity organisation Oxfam on Wednesday said 20 cases of cholera have been confirmed in Kagunga and Nyarugusu refugee camps in Tanzania, where new arrivals from Burundi are being transported. It also warned that overcrowding, lack of ...
As cholera confirmed among Burnundian refugees in Tanzania, Oxfam delivers ...StarAfrica.com

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10 years ago

AFKInsider

18 Oct

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees

Tanzania Gives Citizenship To 162000 Burundian Refugees
AFKInsider
The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, marking the largest group in UNHCR's history to which naturalisation has been offered by a country of first asylum as a solution to decades ...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Burundian refugees in Tanzania predicted to reach 250,000

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday, 1 July, announced in Dar es Salaam that the number of Burundian refugees in Tanzania is likely to increase from the current 70,000 to between 250,000 and 500,000 as a result of the continued volatile situation related to the presidential elections in Burundi, scheduled to be held on 15 July. 
Since the beginning of June approximately 250 new arrivals were recorded in Kigoma, the western region of Tanzania each day, but over the last week...

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

08 Oct

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...

Tanzania Opens New Camps for Burundian Refugees to Ease Conditions in ...
AllAfrica.com
Today, UNHCR started the relocation of 50,000 Burundian refugees to two camps in North West Tanzania, which the government has reopened to ease the suffering of tens of thousands of people in the crowded Nyarugusu camp. Following lengthy ...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

10 Jul

In Tanzania, protecting refugees from cholera

Refugees at the Nyarugusu Camp receive the Oral Cholera Vaccine. (c) UNICEF Tanzania/2015/Thomas Lyimo.
Last week the Oral Cholera Vaccine, OCV, was administered at the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, to over 106,000 refugees from the Congo and – more recently – Burundi, out of an estimated camp population of 120,000 (children under the age of one were not vaccinated, hence the discrepancy in numbers). Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), who administered the vaccine,...

 

10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

17 Oct

Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision

Rescue
Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. GENEVA, October 17, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency has welcomed Tanzania's decision to grant citizenship to 162,156 former Burundian refugees, ...
Tanzania's new citizens to get land, voting rightsIRINnews.org
200000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in TanzaniaRescue (blog)
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9 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

12 Dec

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania

International Medical Corps Responds to Plight of Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. International Medical Corps is deploying experts to Tanzania, where more than 117,800 Burundian refugees have fled following escalating violence.

 

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