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East African Business Week
UNICEF appeals for $25m for Burundi
East African Business Week
NAIROBI, KENYA – Children risk bearing the brunt of an escalation in violence in Burundi, UNICEF warned last week while appealing for financial assistance, saying the crisis has already left 17 children dead and many more injured. “Children must not ...
Overstretched and underfunded refugee camps put over 110000 Burundians in ...Rescue
UNHCR: ' We can't cope with mass Burundian refugee influx in...

His Excellency, Egon Kochanke Ambassador of the Federal Republic of German to Tanzania, speaking to the media about Germany contribution to the refugees in East Africa amounting to €16.5 million.  Others in the photo are, Director of KfW in Dar es Salaam, Dr. Helmut Schön (L), UNHCR Representative in Tanzania, Joyce Mends-Cole (R) , WFP Country Representative, Richard Ragan (second right), Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...

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

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.
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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), ...

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.

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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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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