Dar Readies to Absorb All Refugees From Burundi

Dar Readies to Absorb All Refugees From Burundi
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA is determined to host the swelling number of refugees from Burundi who have been fleeing the political unrest in their country, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Pereira Ame Silima said. Likewise, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), ...

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Sep

EU readies Burundi sanctions

The EU is readying sanctions against four associates of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza after he won a disputed third term, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 May

Number of refugees from Burundi reaches 11,000

Three weeks after Burundi’s anti-government street demonstrations started in Bujumbura, the number of refugees who have crossed the border into Tanzania has reached 11,000.

 

9 years ago

Independent Online

23 Nov

Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps

Independent Online
Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps
Independent Online
Nairobi - Heavy rains, flooding and a spike in new arrivals could threaten the lives of over 110 000 Burundian refugees in overcrowded camps in Tanzania, six aid agencies said on Monday, amid warnings of rising political tension in Burundi. Life ...
Overstretched and underfunded refugee camps put over 110000 Burundians in ...Oxfam America (press release) (blog)

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10 years ago

UNHCR

29 Jun

More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections

Red Cross Blogs
More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections - UNHCR
UNHCR (press release)
NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 29, (UNHCR) – More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African ...
What hope in the refugee camp the size of Cambridge?Red Cross Blogs (blog)

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10 years ago

Michuzi

EU increases humanitarian aid for Burundi refugees

The European Commission is releasing €4.5 million in humanitarian assistance to help the increasing number of refugees from Burundi that have fled to neighbouring countries. More than 175 000 people, the majority of them women and children, are estimated to have already left the country.
"We cannot overlook the deteriorating humanitarian situation affecting Burundi. Refugee numbers are up in the last three monthswhich is a serious cause of concern in an already fragile region.
This ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Cholera hits 3,000 Burundi refugees

More than 3,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania have contracted cholera, the UN says, with hundreds of new cases a day.

 

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 ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Sep

Terror-stricken Burundi refugees see no hope of return

Celestin is only 24 but recurrent war and political thuggery has driven him four times over the hills from Burundi to seek safety with thousands of others in Congo's equally unsettled east.

 

10 years ago

CNN International

21 May

Burundi's refugees waiting for boat ride to safety

CNN International
Burundi's refugees waiting for boat ride to safety
CNN International
Kigoma, Tanzania (CNN) The rows of women and children reach all the way down to the water's edge. Sitting in the sand, they hold fast to a few possessions. Some have suitcases, others valuable solar panels; many have nothing at all. They are the most ...
WHO: Cholera kills 30 Burundi refugees in Tanzanian campNation News
Cholera outbreak kills 27 Burundi refugees in Tanzania: UNThe Guardian Nigeria
Cholera Kills...

 

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