Bujumbura — The Congolese refugees who were living on a football pitch in Bujumbura city were transferred to the temporary camp of Musasa on 13 August 2007. This temporary camp is in Kiremba commune of Ngozi province. Their final refugee camp is located in Makamba (south of Burundi) but it is still under construction. This camp will shelter more than 30,000 refugees.
These refugees include different Congolese ethnicities. They fled raids that are reportedly carried out by mai-mai and Interahamwe militiamen in the mountains of Minembwe in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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