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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Habari Zinazoendana

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

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.
Cholera outbreak hits 3000 Burundi refugees - UNBBC News
Cholera hits 3000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania - UNReuters
Street Battles Erupt in BurundiABC News

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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

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...

 

10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

17 Oct

Tanzania grants citizenship to 162000 Burundian refugees in historic decision

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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)
Tanzania...

 

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.

 

10 years ago

The Guardian

18 May

Burundi unrest leaves 50000 refugees facing dire conditions in Tanzania

The Guardian
Burundi unrest leaves 50000 refugees facing dire conditions in Tanzania
The Guardian
Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania's Kagunga village. They are awaiting water transport to carry them south to safety. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters ...
Fearful, desperate refugees flee BurundiNews24
7 Burundi refugees die of 'severe diarrhea' in Tanzaniawww.worldbulletin.net
Fearful and desperate, refugees flee Burundi unrestReuters
TODAYonline
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9 years ago

Daily Mail

23 Nov

Fear of cholera, floods as Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps

Fear of cholera, floods as Burundi refugees pack Tanzania camps
Daily Mail
NAIROBI, Nov 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - 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 ...

 

10 years ago

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...

 

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