Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help

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Cholera infects 3000 Burundian refugees; UN call for help
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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 ...
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Reuters

22 May

Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UN

Reuters
Cholera strikes 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UN
Reuters
GENEVA Some 3,000 cases of cholera have been reported in a worsening epidemic in Tanzania among Burundian refugees, the United Nations said on Friday. A Tanzanian health official told Reuters on Wednesday that at least 33 people had died from the ...
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Cholera Epidemic Claims 31 Lives in Tanzania, Including 29 Burundian RefugeesAllAfrica.com
300-400 new cholera...

 

10 years ago

UN

22 May

Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania

Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania - UN
Reuters Africa
GENEVA/BUJUMBURA, May 22 (Reuters) - About 3,000 refugees fleeing political turmoil in Burundi have been infected in a cholera epidemic in neighbouring Tanzania, the United Nations said on Friday, stoking fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in ...

 

10 years ago

Deutsche Welle

23 May

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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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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9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

Aid agencies up in arms over Burundian refugees

Health and shelter for Burundian refugees in Tanzania are poised to get worse in already overstretched camps, the aid agencies have warned.

 

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 ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

31 May

More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship

Daily News
More than 162000 Burundian refugees granted Tanzanian citizenship
Daily News
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has so far granted citizenship to 162,156 Burundi refugees out of 172,000 requests received in 2010. Responding to Fakharia Khamis (Special Seat-CCM) question on the number of Burundi refugees granted Tanzania citizenship ...

 

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 ...

 

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